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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRussia didn't "meddle in the election"
They "attacked our democracy".
Instead of saying, "Russian meddling in the election"...
Say this, "Russian attack on our democracy".
A much better description in my opinion.
lapucelle
(18,319 posts)Meddlers:
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)shraby
(21,946 posts)A much softer word that connotates nothing serious.
This meddling word is a ridiculous way to describe a war.
mchill
(1,018 posts)winetourdriver01
(1,154 posts)This is all part of Putin's general attack on the West. He may consider this part of his "stealth" campaign, and we should all worry about what will happen when he decides that he has achieved all he is going to using stealth tactics. This is war, ladies and gentlemen, it's past time we faced it and dealt with it. God save the Republic.
tanyev
(42,613 posts)CK_John
(10,005 posts)Squinch
(51,007 posts)successful and widespread the action was.
Squinch
(51,007 posts)cilla4progress
(24,766 posts)I would go further and called it terrorism.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)IggleDuer
(964 posts)... which Orange Julius took an oath to defend.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)Progressive dog
(6,918 posts)at Pearl Harbor. The Russians did not "meddle" with their attack on Ukraine and theft of Crimea. The Russian government attacked our democracy. And now, the pro Russian candidate is the President of the USA.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)Damn I wish Obama had come out, last Summer already, surrounded by a representative from all 17 intelligence agencies, and gave a sober forceful press conference that America was under attack. That it was the first major attack by a foreign entity since 9/11. And that it included falsehoods about Hillary Clinton being spread. That Obama was the first to use the term "fake news". That Putin was targeting voting machines and that States would be required to set up stronger fire walls, or whatever other influence he could have on the States referring to the oft used under Bush....for National Security reasons. That he would at least set up the start of an investigation himself with his last month in office. Let the GOP dismantle it to their own demise.
Damn the torpedoes. If Mitch carried out his threat to then go on Fox News and say it was only a partisan attempt to help Hillary, then have at it. At least it would be recorded that Democrats stood up to this earlier, and Trump could not use any excuse like 'why didn't Obama do anything?' Because the truth would have come out eventually anyways, whether Hillary or Trump won.
Initech
(100,102 posts)And those who participated committed an act of treason against the United States.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)I think you are right on that.