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By Joshua Frank
Russiagate fever has not only infected MSDNC and liberal blowhards like
Rachel Maddow, it’s also warped the minds of a few on the left who
believe the whole thing is an elaborate charade concocted by the Deep
State that’s forcing Trump into a new Cold War, despite his gracious
“peace” offerings toward Russia. Well, as Eric Draitser rightly points
out in his essay this weekend, Trump hasn’t been all that friendly with
Russia, despite some cranky claims to the contrary. There is the case of
arms shipments to Ukrainian fascists, a plea for a more robust NATO,
which is knocking on Russia’s door and that little strangulation tactic
called sanctions. Together these don’t add up to a very Putin-friendly
policy. On the contrary, it makes Trump look like the warmongering
narcissist that he is. It’s just too bad some lefties don’t see it.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/07/27/alice-donovan-russiagate-and-the-rabbit-hole-of-sanctimony/
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