Biden, Russia’s not Iraq!
Threatening the Kremlin over non-existent election meddling endangers not only the US but the world too

July 21, 2020
By Scott Ritter

Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer. He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, in General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991-1998 as a UN weapons inspector. Follow him on Twitter @RealScottRitter

Together with his fellow Democrats, Joe Biden’s playing a dangerous game of Russia-baiting that lacks any basis in fact, and could lead to a precipitous fracturing of US-Russian relations.

The Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for president has put his foot down, so to speak, when it comes to the issue of Russian interference in US elections.

“I am putting the Kremlin and other foreign governments on notice,” Biden announced in a lengthy statement. “If elected president, I will treat foreign interference in our election as an adversarial act that significantly affects the relationship between the United States and the interfering nation’s government,” he wrote.

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Dear CCI Followers,

I’ve been late to pay attention to Andrew Bacevich, former West Pointer, Colonel in the U.S. Military until he left early to get a Ph.D in U.S. Military History at Princeton. He has become outspoken on issues of War and Peace and is now the President of the new Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a think tank dedicated to break into the issues of war and peace from 2019 forward.

Ambassador Jack Matlock suggested that I follow Quincy Institute posts, for which I’m deeply grateful. It is the only think tank I know of that is dealing with the issues I care most about … at a time when our nation is headed toward more war making after committing nearly a Trillion U.S. dollars toward a new budget for 2021.

A few days ago, a friend sent me a long, small point-sized, single-spaced, non-paragraphed, run-on paper entitled …  “The Policy of Domination”, written by Quincy President, Andrew Bacevich.

It is unbelievably powerful! I stayed up until midnight that night turning it into a paragraphed, decently-sized and spaced-out message that I could send to you. I did not change any words, I just spaced them and made Bacevich more readable. Then I realized I’d need to get Bacevich’s permission to tamper with his piece! A CCI follower had earlier given me his email address.

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Dear CCI Readers,

As 2020 rolls forward, America’s “Paper of Record,” The New York Times, fails in giving us, the American public, accurate information. Young NYT journalists are put out to pasture to write slanted articles from which both the Military Industrial Complex and the current Democratic party will benefit. I’ve always voted Democrat, but this year I ‘wrote in’ my candidate of choice … which of course has no chance of participating in the 2020 election.

Historian David Foglesong writes a biting article below that was printed by The Nation. I feel it needs a broader readership so am reprinting it here. David points out below that this anti-Russia sentiment dates back to 1920 or earlier. Let us ask ourselves: Why is the NYT so Russophobic? Why is our Democratic Party so Russophobic?

This must be tied psychologically to the NYT and America’s perceived sense of Superiority over all other nations and peoples … regardless of existing reality and the costs. This is extremely dangerous in today’s world.

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Dear CCI Friends,

We are experiencing an explosion of articles in the past week … warnings from scientists, philosophers, physicians, political figures, the clergy, journalists … citizens of all categories. They all deal with the grave place wherein we Americans find ourselves mid-2020.

The Nuclear Threat outweighs every other concern. If we don’t handle this one adroitly, we won’t be alive to deal with the rest of our challenges!

Katrina vanden Heuvel puts the issue straight forward in the article below. Please send this note and her article to your family, friends, neighbors and business colleagues. This issue isn’t political, it should not offend anyone. It is a very needed “Wake Up Call” for each American on your and our E-lists.

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Dear CCI Followers,

Speaking of “First-Response Rumors being Powerful,” that I mentioned in my email yesterday, an additional report came out saying that the “American Public already believes that Russia gave Taliban Bounties to kill American soldiers; hence, the American public is ready to apply additional sanctions on Russia.

Reuters

Below, we have a U.S. General in Afghanistan saying that basically there is no direct evidence, except that the Taliban had a lot of cash. Yes, the Taliban has a lot of cash because they openly plant and sell millions of dollars worth of poppy seeds (for heroin production) to the world market, much of which goes to the U.S. … so, yes, they have lots of cash as a result.

Apparently Bounty-Gate isn’t over yet; well, maybe it is… but one never knows.

The top General in Afghanistan, Kenneth McKenzie, just made a pronouncement that he “doubts that a Russian Bounty Program killed U.S. Troops in Afghanistan. He says “more information is needed.”

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