Really this is what happened you said that Republicans are criticizing Obama for Russian interference and calling him incompetent. I responded by saying that he deserves blame after all it happened during his Presidency. I also said he did not take the threat of Russia seriously during his Presidency and linked a video arguing that Russia is not the number one geopolitical threat. Then you quoted me and that's when I responded "I never said anything contrary to what you wrote.."
If you're going to reply read the entire post. The rest of it made very clear is was about the Republicans and there blasé attitude about the Dems saying anything but now are changing the narrative about what their reactions were to the Russian interference.
Remember how they were still peddling their alternate theories about who was behind the Russian hack as far as still having people like Hannity's insane theories about an inside job. And House Int. Chair Nunes saying it was unfounded, or denying the fact Russia hacked the RNC and didn't use it cause it was to help Trump.
But instead of just owning up to it, they just spin a new story based on whatever revelation they can't deny from the WashPo or the Fake news media ends up with their explanation in a twisted pretzel.
If you want to make an argument about something else fine. But don't highjack someone else's point, splice it apart, then act like I'm making some bizarre argument you started.
At that point a lot of the damage was done, the missile defense was removed the Syria red line speech was given. I'm not sure at what point he started to realize Russia was the number one geopolitical foe but it was too late and followed with too much inaction/incompetence. It is not just his failure to act once he found out Russia was attempting to interfere it's all the stuff that came before that leads up to this point where Russia feels there will be little consequence if they attempt to do so. Look at the response from the Obama administration when Sony got hacked.
Didn't Obama go to Congress and ask for authorization for Syria and get denied?
The Sony hack was a private company and from N. Korea. That's slightly different. Netflix and Disney getting hacked recently doesn't send the highest alert across the government.
Yes it did, it showed Obama had view of the world and of Russia that was not correct. This opinion led him to make a series of errors in his dealings with Russia prior to 2012 which emboldened them to push and prod to the point that they were attempting to interfere in our election. Republicans are absolutely correct in blaming Obama.
Okay. Again I don't think anyone can deny that. But when the DNC and anti-Trump Republicans are telling Congress to investigate cause this is serious and effects are democracy, how is the Republican deflection/denial Obama's fault?
They have been pretty consistent saying that Obama hasn't been tough enough on Russia. While they may have argued that Trump won fairly they are concerned with the fact that Russia tried to interfere.
By denying it and downplaying it? By not admitting the RNC were hacked despite intelligence saying it was.
I'm not saying their weren't Republicans sounding the alarm, but the slowness they marched towards admitting it as a party doesn't really jive with a party concerned with Russia.
