Suppose that a major corporation selling milk was putting contaminated products into supermarkets. One would want that stopped, right? Suppose that the corporation had connections with the local authorities, so that no action was taken to get the contaminated milk off the shelf. One would still want the contaminated milk removed from the market, right? Now suppose that the North Korean government learned about the contaminated milk and released proof of the contamination and the involvement of the corporation in intentionally selling bad milk. North Korea is our enemy, but would we ignore the selling of bad milk because we got the information about it from the NK's? I don't think so.
What the Russians are alleged to have done in 2016, is very much like what the North Koreans did in the example above. The Democrats rigged their primaries to favor Hillary Clinton and to block Bernie Sanders. That is disgusting and anti-democratic behavior that should be condemned, right? The White House knew what was going on at the DNC, but it took no steps to stop the rigging of the primaries. The only reason that the American people know that the Dems and Hillary Clinton rigged the primaries is that someone, most likely the Russians, got the proof in emails and released them to the public. So if that is the case, should we concern ourselves with Russian interference in the US election or would it be better to focus on the dishonest (and perhaps illegal) conduct by the Democrats in rigging their own primaries? Does the fact that the Russians are not our close friends -- to put it mildly -- mean that when they uncover wrongdoing by Americans and release the details of that wrongdoing, we are to ignore what was done because of the source of the information? I don't think so.
Let's put it this way. When the police get information from a confidential informant (a snitch) who also happens to be a thief, should they ignore that information because the source is unsavory? No way!
I mention all this because at yesterday's press conference with President Trump, the Russian president Vladimir Putin seemed to claim credit for disclosing some bad stuff about which Americans ought to know. No one is paying much attention to that today, but they should be. The real key here is not how the information was made public. Rather, it is that some truly bad things were done by the Democrats and the truth about them was made public.
What the Russians are alleged to have done in 2016, is very much like what the North Koreans did in the example above. The Democrats rigged their primaries to favor Hillary Clinton and to block Bernie Sanders. That is disgusting and anti-democratic behavior that should be condemned, right? The White House knew what was going on at the DNC, but it took no steps to stop the rigging of the primaries. The only reason that the American people know that the Dems and Hillary Clinton rigged the primaries is that someone, most likely the Russians, got the proof in emails and released them to the public. So if that is the case, should we concern ourselves with Russian interference in the US election or would it be better to focus on the dishonest (and perhaps illegal) conduct by the Democrats in rigging their own primaries? Does the fact that the Russians are not our close friends -- to put it mildly -- mean that when they uncover wrongdoing by Americans and release the details of that wrongdoing, we are to ignore what was done because of the source of the information? I don't think so.
Let's put it this way. When the police get information from a confidential informant (a snitch) who also happens to be a thief, should they ignore that information because the source is unsavory? No way!
I mention all this because at yesterday's press conference with President Trump, the Russian president Vladimir Putin seemed to claim credit for disclosing some bad stuff about which Americans ought to know. No one is paying much attention to that today, but they should be. The real key here is not how the information was made public. Rather, it is that some truly bad things were done by the Democrats and the truth about them was made public.
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