Question For Republicans

[Belsnickel]

(05-16-2017, 02:52 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: That's right, Turn about is fair play. Never said I like it, but that's the way it goes.

Wow. I truly do not know what to say to this. That is, just, wow. I mean, especially if this is the answer to my question.

(05-16-2017, 02:52 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Because Trump was not involved and Hillary was, it's only natural for Putin to favor Trump.

The Anti-Putin protests were partially funded by the US and Hillary herself told the People of Russia to protest against Putin.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-16084743


https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/08/03/3-reasons-russias-vladimir-putin-might-want-to-interfere-in-the-u-s-presidential-elections/

Putin thinks the U.S. already did it to him first
As far as Putin and his inner circle are concerned, it was the United States that moved first to meddle in Russian politics when Putin decided to return for a third term. In 2011-’12, Russian demonstrators took to the streets to protest electoral violations in the parliamentary elections and the lack of alternative candidates to Putin in the presidential election. Putin and his inner circle believed the U.S. was to blame. Putin even asserted that then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had either incited or directly financed the demonstrations.

So one of Putin’s primary objectives is to force Western leaders to back off in order to make sure this doesn’t happen again. Putin wants the United States and other Western governments to stop funding, as part of their foreign policies, organizations that promote political and economic transformations in Russia. He also wants to block U.S. officials from meeting with opposition figures and parties. From Putin’s perspective, democracy promotion is just a cover for regime change.

I've actually laid all of this out before, you're not providing anything new. This is why Putin hates Clinton, but that doesn't provide any evidence that the US actually did get involved in that election. There was evidence of shady business at the polls, and the Russian people were documenting it and sharing it on social media. This was nothing new in Russia, but they were able to share it far and wide and it caused a stir. Putin thinks the US, and Clinton herself, was behind it. But you're not providing any evidence it occurred. That is what I was asking for. But what you have presented here is a portion of what I have heard McFaul discuss on the subject.