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As 2016 draws to a close, we find ourselves a deeply unsettled nation. We're unable to draw the lines of our national interest. Is it jobs and economy, is it national security, or is it now in our interest to ensure global security - in other words, act as the world's policemen?
As the "failing" (to quote Trump) New York Times degenerates into a Washington Post organization with its stagnant Cold War vision of a 1950s world where the Russians are to blame for most everything - Hillary's loss, most of the aggression and disorder in the world, the desire to destabilize Europe, etc. - the Times has added the issue of 'fake news' to reassert its problematic role as the dominant voice for the Washington establishment.
Certainly this is true in the case of Russia's 'hacking' the 2016 election and putting into office its Manchurian Candidate in Donald Trump. Apparently the CIA (via various unnamed intelligence officials), and the FBI, NSA, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (who notoriously lied to Congress in the Snowden affair), President Obama, the DNC, Hillary Clinton, and Congress agree that Russia, and Mr. Putin predominantly, is responsible.
Certainly the psychotic, war-loving Senator John McCain is right up there alongside these patriots, calling President Putin a "thug, bully and a murderer and anybody else who describes him as anything else is lying." He actually said this - the man whose sound judgment chose Sarah Palin as his VP nominee in '08. And the Times followed by printing the story in its full glory on page one, clearly agreeing with McCain's point of view.
Comment: See also: War criminal David Cameron following in the footsteps of war criminal Tony Blair in launching firm to cash in on speaking gigs