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The Trump Inauguration & Its Unusual Discontents. @LizPeek, @FiscalTimes.

“…Why this reversion to Cold War anxieties? Four reasons: First, Russia has become a convenient scapegoat for Clinton’s defeat (along with Comey, and “fake news” and racism and GOP “voter suppression” and the Electoral College). Second, President Obama failed to take cyber warfare seriously for eight years even as the intrusions from Russia, China, North Korea, the Syrian Electronic Army, Iran and elsewhere became bolder and costlier, finally emerging as an unacceptable effort to sway our election. Third, Donald Trump’s assertions that Putin is smart (as he indeed is) and a strong leader (also true) have allowed critics to portray the President-elect as somehow besotted by and in league with the Russian strongman.

Four, Putin is indeed evil and always has been. But, it is not Trump who has been naive about the threat from Russia. That dubious honor belongs to President Obama. In 2012 when Mitt Romney said Russia was our number one geopolitical foe, Obama mocked him saying, “The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the Cold War’s been over for 20 years.” Obama still had a lot to learn.

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2017/01/18/While-Trump-Makes-Nice-His-Bad-Cop-Cabinet-Will-Deal-Putin