Posted on 10/16/2016 6:05:56 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
It sure seems like an odd time to be provoking a war with Russia. As I write this, we stand just a little bit more than three weeks away from one of the most pivotal elections in U.S. history, and Barack Obama has chosen this moment to strongly threaten the Russians. As I wrote about on Friday, Reuters is reporting that Obama is contemplating direct U.S. military action against Syrian military targets, and the Russians have already indicated that any assault on Syrian forces would be considered an attack on themselves. The rapidly deteriorating crisis in Syria has already caused tensions with Russia to rise to the highest level since the end of the Cold War, but now Obama is adding fuel to the fire by publicly considering an unprecedented cyber covert action against Russia. Apparently Obama believes that Russian hackers are interfering in the election and so he wants payback. The following comes from an NBC News article entitled CIA Prepping for Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia
The Obama administration is contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action against Russia in retaliation for alleged Russian interference in the American presidential election, U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News.
Current and former officials with direct knowledge of the situation say the CIA has been asked to deliver options to the White House for a wide-ranging clandestine cyber operation designed to harass and embarrass the Kremlin leadership.
The sources did not elaborate on the exact measures the CIA was considering, but said the agency had already begun opening cyber doors, selecting targets and making other preparations for an operation. Somebody should tell Obama that he is not playing a video game. A cyber attack is considered to be an act of war, and the Russians would inevitably retaliate. And considering how exceedingly vulnerable our cyber infrastructure is, I dont know if that is something that we want to invite.
At the end of last week, Vice President Joe Biden also publicly threatened the Russians
On Friday, Vice President Joe Biden met Meet the Press host Chuck Todd for an interview that has raised serious concern in Russia.
Without bothering to question the authenticity of the claims, Todd took the allegations of Russian hacking at face value, opening his interview with a loaded question: Why havent we sent a message yet to Putin?
After a moment of stunned silence, Biden responded, Were sending a message. We have the capacity to do it and it will be at the time of our choosing, and under the circumstances that will have the greatest impact.
When Todd asked if the public will know a message was sent, Biden replied, Hope not. The Russians firmly deny that they had any involvement in the hacking, and so far the Obama administration has not publicly produced any firm evidence that the Russians were behind it.
Perhaps the Obama administration privately has some evidence, but at this point they have not shown that evidence to the American public.
So for Joe Biden to be making these sorts of threats is a very dangerous thing. The Russians are taking these threats very seriously, and they are preparing to protect their interests
The threats directed against Moscow and our states leadership are unprecedented because they are voiced at the level of the US vice president.
To the backdrop of this aggressive, unpredictable line, we must take measures to protect (our) interests, to hedge risks, a Kremlin spokesman said, according to RIA Novosti news agency. Here in the United States, most people dont even realize that we could be on the verge of a major conflict with Russia.
But over in Russia things are completely different. Talk of war is everywhere, and the potential for war is the number one topic in the Russian media right now. Just check out some of the recent Russian media headlines about the conflict between our two nations
-Bad News for Washington: Syrian Conflict Revealing New World Order
-US anti-Russia rhetoric goes nuclear with threats of covert cyber-attacks
-Who can win World War Three if it can be won at all?
-In Contrast to Clinton, Trump Has No Appetite for War With Russia
And one Russian television network recently instructed their viewers to locate the nearest bomb shelter in case a nuclear war between the United States and Russia suddenly erupts
A terrifying Russian television broadcast explicitly told civilians to find out where their nearest bomb shelter is and repeatedly asked viewers if they were ready for nuclear war.
One apocalyptic broadcast told viewers on Moscows state-owned TV channel NTV: If it should one day happen, every one of you should know where the nearest bomb shelter is. Its best to find out now. I dont believe that the Russians are crazy to be thinking that a war might be coming.
To me, it almost seems as though Obama wants one.
Could it be possible that a conflict with Russia will be used to alter, change or influence the upcoming election in November?
The truth is that it isnt going to take much for the shooting to begin. If Obama orders airstrikes against Syrian forces, the Russians have said that they will shoot back
Ash Carter has threatened Russia with consequences. After blowing up the ceasefire, the Pentagon supported by the Joint Chiefs of Staff now is peddling potential strikes on Syrias air force to punish the regime for what the Pentagon actually did; blow up the ceasefire. One cant make this stuff up.
Major-General Igor Konashenkov, Russias Defense Ministry spokesman, sent a swift message to our colleagues in Washington; think twice if you believe you can get away with launching a shadow hot war against Russia. Russia will target any stealth/unidentified aircraft attacking Syrian government targets and they will be shot down.
The only serious question then is whether an out of control Pentagon will force the Russian Air Force false flag and otherwise to knock out US Air Force fighter jets, and whether Moscow has the fire power to take out each and every one of them. I discussed the potential for war with Russia in my latest video. Hopefully cooler heads will prevail and war with Russia will be put off
But without a doubt the crisis in Syria is not going to be resolved any time soon because it is one giant mess. Most people dont realize that the Syrian civil war has essentially been a proxy war between Sunni Islam and Shia Islam from the very beginning. Jihadist rebels that are being armed and funded by Saudi Arabia and Turkey are fighting Hezbollah troops that are being armed and funded by Iran. And now Turkish forces have invaded northern Syria, and this threatens to cause a full-blown war to erupt between Turkey and the Syrian Kurds. Of course ISIS is right in the middle of everything causing havoc, blowing stuff up and beheading anyone that doesnt believe in their radical version of Sunni Islam.
It is absolutely insane that the United States and Russia could potentially go to war because of this conflict. Both sides are determined to show the other how tough they are, and one false move could set off a spiral of events from which they may be no recovery.
The American people very foolishly elected Barack Obama twice, but up until now the consequences have not been quite as dire as many had been projecting.
However, right here at the end of his second term Obama is facing a moment of truth. If he ends up dragging us into a war with Russia, the American people will ultimately bitterly regret putting him into the White House.
Because he knows he and his worthless criminal grifter family will be arrested soon...unless we are all dead???
Hopefully Putin is savvy enough to not be provoked into rash action by the traitor-in-cheif.
Throughout history, it is known that people almost never want a significant change in leadership in times of war.
Because Obama doesn’t just suck; he sucks like an Electrolux!
Rash? He has been provoked and provoked since Bush II became president, by a bunch of folks who thought they were playing chutes and ladders.
Because he doesn’t have any more time to weaken this country, so now he wants to start a fight he knows we can’t win to finish us off.
He wants most of us dead, the rest in chains.
I think you nailed it.
Because there’s not an aspirin factory to take out.
He doesn’t do sh*t about Russia in 8 years, but if they interfere with Hillarys coronation? WHOA! Then it’s a different story!
Obama has not murdered enough Americans yet.
Not yet enslaved and had raped enough children and women.
Not yet made the US Navy surrender on flammable ships.
The idiot wants to go out with a bang.
Because the Pig In A Pantsuit is losing.
I agree.
Hillary sounds like an Imperial Nationalist there. Coulter’s invade and convert has nothing on Hillary’s American Sea claim on Japanese and Chinese territories.
Those Americans who survive.
Didn’t Hitler in his last days try to completely destroy Germany?
This sentence strongly suggests the author's failure to consider current events in context and and 0's motivation. For someone who doesn't want to leave office and who hates this country, the eve of elections is the perfect time to provoke a war.
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