War trauma by osmosis

( Read at risk of being bored and/or annoyed. Fair warning. )

I don’t think those words mean what you think they do …

[ Written in response to the aside-commentary at the beginning of this post by selenak, but not put into comment to her because I like her and don’t want to start a fight. ]

While differentiating ‘Russian’ from the Communist infiltration that is the subject of the Americans — there may be fewer committed communists in the Russian government today than in American faculty lounges — I’ll agree that the Russian influence on our government has reached levels that shouldn’t have been permitted. When, leading up to the election, the candidate privately assured the Russian ambassador that he’d be able to grant much more favorable treatment once his position was secured, that was improper. When, acting as president, he gave the Russians the serial numbers of the Trident nuclear missiles sold by the U.S. to the U.K., that was deeply problematic. When the State Department approved a sale that would allow a Russian company to purchase 20% of the uranium mined in the U.S., that was something that any responsible person should have questioned —

Oh, wait. That was Barack Obama. And Barack Obama. And Hillary Clinton serving under Barack Obama.

Weird; I hadn’t even realized they were Republicans …

Trump isn’t my guy. I don’t like him and didn’t want him (though I did prefer him to the known-but-unindicted felon Hillary Clinton). I have lots of problems with him … but there are only accusations that he is ‘owned by Putin’, whereas for Obama and Clinton there were evidence and pattern of behavior. So why, exactly, are the accusations — unproven and unsupported — granted more prominence and legitimacy?

Under other circumstances, one might suspect simple prejudice. But no, it couldn’t be anything like that.

Couldn’t.

No way.