Bernie Sanders briefed that Russia is trying to help his presidential campaign

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It must feel amazing to be in Russia's shoes right now. Imagining having so much power over the American political process, you can cripple any of your enemies by merely showing interest in or supporting them directly or indirectly through various channels.

That’s all fine and well but would you care more about political circus in Washington or NATO troops 100km from your second largest city if you were Russian government? NATO extension to the East went on regardless of who was in power in the US. If anything the chaos makes it harder to negotiate. Remember what Obama said to Medvedev?

I assume the point (if there is indeed such an operation) is to ensure that the Democrats nominate the least electable candidate possible. (Of course, Trump looked unelectable back in 2016, so why would they have helped his campaign before the general? Because any other Republican would have been at least as hawkish on Russia as Clinton? I dunno...)

A lot of the disclosed content from tech companies about Russian disinformation campaigns was that they played both sides. They're just as happy to push 2nd Amendment groups as gun control groups at the same time. And the more they can radicalize and push people to the fringes, the less functional the United States is as a global power.

Sanders being the most radical left makes him an obvious one to support, him getting elected would stir the right's "OMG, not socialism!" pot about ten times more than any other candidate. Support for Sanders may not even be about low electability, but about ensuring the two parties are as split as humanly possible, regardless of who actually ends up winning.

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