On Februray 15, the
New York Times wrote an editorial called, "Mr. Trump is Blind to Russia's
Threat."
I thought that here
I would find what the Democrats fear from Russia. What is Russia's threat. I was not frightened by the editorial. It seems the
main threat is Russian meddling in our elections, although it also
mentions aggression against Ukraine, weapons deals, and human rights
abuses. This is a far cry from the
threat by Khrushchev that "We will bury you," and installing missiles
in Cuba. It said the senior intelligence officials who testified before the
Senate Intelligence Committee said they had not been asked "to take
measures to combat Russian interference and protect democratic
processes." There is no allegation
that the Russians have physically manipulated the voting process by hacking
voting machines, but rather that the Russians have used campaign dirty tricks
to support some candidates (Trump and Sanders) over Hillary. Lee Atwater would be proud the Russians
learned from his playbook.
The implication is
that the NYT believes that democracy in America is extremely fragile, although
so far I have not heard any responsible source, including the NYT, say that
Russia was responsible for Mr. Trump's election. Rather it looks like it's just sour grapes
from the NYT and other Democrats. The NYT thinks it is the most important paper
in the world, with the smartest reporters and editors. It was fully supportive of Hillary Clinton,
writing many articles and editorials daily during the campaign supporing her
and telling the American populace to vote for her. And America ignored them. So now they blame a handful of Russian nerds
sitting in a dark room in St. Petersburg for her loss. They claim these few nerds were more powerful
than the vaunted New York Times, not to mention the Washington Post, the major
networks, and most other media outlets (except Fox).
Mr. Mueller has
indicted thirteen Russians for election meddling. The NYT probably has that many reporters
covering Congress, much less the White House, or campaign stops around the
country. Are thirteen Russian hackers
really that much more powerful than the New York Times? If so, then the Russians are supermen, and
the NYT editorial should have said that we should fear the Russians because
they are supermen, not because they have some good hackers.
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