Posted on 10/15/2016 5:47:01 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
The Obama administration is threatening to launch a vast cyber war against Russia in response to the country’s alleged interference with the presidential election.
Vice President Joe Biden told NBC News Friday that “we’re sending a message” to Russian President Vladimir Putin and that the wide-ranging “clandestine” cyber operation will take place.
“We’re sending a message,” Biden said during an interview with “Meet the Press” that will air on Sunday. “We have the capacity to do it. It will be at the time of our choosing, and under the circumstances that will have the greatest impact,”
The vice president belittled Russia’s alleged interference in the US election but stressed their efforts, however futile, would be responded in kind.
“Their capacity to fundamentally alter the election is not what people think,” Biden said.
“And I tell you what, to the extent that they do we will be proportional in what we do.”
It was not clear whether the American public would be alerted when or if an attack actually took place. When asked about whether the public would even be aware an attack took place Biden simply said “Hope not.”
Intelligence officials told NBC News that CIA has already begun “opening cyber doors, selecting targets and making other preparations for an operation.”
James Stavridis, a retired four-star Navy admiral who served as the supreme allied commander at NATO, told NBC that the CIA should “embarrass” the Kremlin by exposing financial dealings of Putin and his cronies.
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I wouldn’t go shocking the monkey.
Joe.
Hello, Joe.
You need to start looking a little closer to home for enemies.
Like your Chief of Staff who was a Hillary mole.
Hello Joe.
Planet Earth calling.
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Obama wants to not only wag-the-dog, but who knows? A cyber-war could disrupt internet communications — time to blind Trump supporters.
And it all boils down to their bribe money to take out the Syrian government. [snip]
Obama wants to make lemonaid — ‘wag the dog’. That’s why he keeps flailing his advisors to concoct some kind of plan.
And if the internet is disrupted right before the election? Great for democrats.
I think BO is doing this because he thinks the leaks came from Russia and if he goes thru with a cyber attack, he thinks it will thwart Russia from more leaks????
Idiots. Once again we yell out to our enemies “It’s coming! You’d better watch out!”
If I were running the show, you’d never know this was happening... but I’d also have long ago sent in a team to destroy the lairs of these hackers. It’s an economic war that is costing the world billions every year.
“Vice President Joe Biden told NBC News...”
That man is a threat to national security.
At best, this is an attempt to up the blame game on Russia for even more damaging leaks about to drop. At worst, the beginning of WWW III.
Pray that Iran is incapable of taking down critical Russian infrastructure and making it look like we did it.
Just when I was hoping we’d actually survive the Obama presidency, they pull this maneuver.
So tell them before you attack them! Dumba$$es. This administration is run by do-Gooder peaceniks...and THIS ADMINISTRATION is a security threat to our nation. And elect Hillary? Putin will own us.
When asked about whether the public would even be aware an attack took place Biden simply said "Hope not."
Pure propaganda from the administration.
What a wonderful reset we’re having.
It wasn’t enough that he made a mess of the entire Middle East and bears direct responsibility for the resulting waves of immigrants into Europe. Now Obama wants to provoke the Russian Bear and risk WWIII. All over an insignificant sandbox of a country like Syria.
Putin has watched Obama for nearly eight years and has probably prepared for this tragic eventuality. Just saying.
Thing is, it’s not the economic cost that has em in a tizzy. It’s that they have to try harder to hide their corruption. So much corruption, it’s difficult to hide.
This sounds like a set up to wage a huge voter-fraud cyber war on the US by our own administration. Bring back the purple fingers for voting, I say.
I wouldn’t go poking a pointed stick at a bear. Especially if you have no intention of following through.
For all we know, the diplomatic message to Russia is “We are lying to the American people about mounting a cyberattack. Our public message is nothing but political propaganda to distract our voters. We are not really planning any cyber-attack.”
Yeah.
When i used to box i would tell the other guy “i’m gonna hit you with a right haymaker to the head in a few seconds” s
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