Just a few quick lunchtime thoughts on current American foreign policy, in a nutshell:
Russia invades Ukraine, steals Crimea.
U.S. response: give Ukraine $1 billion, threaten Russia with sanctions, say Russia shouldn't have done that.
Russia hacks into various U.S. government agency databases, including (possibly) the Department of Energy and the White House.
U.S. response: Obama tells Putin, "Cut it out." (This wasn't effective diplomacy when my brother and I used to fight in the back seat of the car on vacation; I hardly believe it'll be effective when dealing with the likes of Putin.)
Russia allegedly hacks into the Democrat National Committee email servers, exposing the truth about the Clinton campaign, and resulting in the blame for her loss in the Presidential election being pointed at the alleged hack. (I'll have more to say about the alleged hack and the reasons for the election results in a later post.
U.S. response: "SANCTIONS!! BY ALL THAT IS RIGHTEOUS AND HOLY, THERE WILL BE SANCTIONS!!!"
And there you have it, boys and girls. Invade other countries, annex their lands, and we shake a finger. Hack into actual government databases, and we say "cut it out." But hack into our sacred party's cesspool of evidence of back-room plotting and dealing, and you'll get a reaction.
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