On 5.5.2017 16:25, stephenJ wrote:
> On 5/5/2017 7:55 AM, Pelle Svanslös wrote:
>> On 5.5.2017 15:09, stephenJ wrote:
>>> On 5/5/2017 4:21 AM, Pelle Svanslös wrote:
>>>> On 5.5.2017 10:32, The Iceberg wrote:
>>>>> Lol Not a word from Pelle,
>>>>
>>>> Don't worry, I have posted.
>>>>
>>>> As for the topic line, you're being a bit too clever, if I may say so.
>>>> The difference between November and now is that Russia never was an
>>>> issue in the elections other than the meddling.
>>>
>>> That's pretty silly. US relations with Russia are always important in
>>> the US, and it was a pretty big foreign policy issue in the election.
>>> There were significant tensions with Russia leading up to the vote,
>>> especially once Russia began airstrikes in Syria in late September.
>>>
>>> Bottom line is that Hillary supporters have been massively hypocrital
>>> about "meddling". Nary a word of complaint about Obama's attempts to
>>> influence the Brexit vote.
>>
>> Why should there have been?
>>
>> Voicing an opinion is not the "moral equivalent" of illegal breaking
>> into computers. It's ludicrous to expect a POTUS *not* to have/voice an
>> opinion on topics like Brexit.
>
> Sad that you would have to invoke "illegality" of methods here, as that
> is and was manifestly not what Hillary-loving complainers about Russian
> meddling complained about.
I can't be answering what "Hillary-loving complainers" are supposedly
doing. But it's clear as a whistle that the end does not justify means.
There's also the possibility that Obama was simply voicing the truth
about who is in what place in the trade queue. Initially, Trump-o was
eager to reverse what Obama said but has now come to the Obama stance.
Maybe after somebody told him the EU is 300 and the UK 60 M.
If you see saying the truth as manipulating, so be it. But this line of
discussion is completely irrelevant to the UK vote and EU's place in
that. You'll be discussing it alone.
The EU OTOH is a reluctant but a Cameroon invited guest in the UK
election. None of us would care a hoot unless ...