"Look, step back for a second," Schmidt said. "There is a global information war that is under way that is being directed by Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation, and it is aimed squarely at the western democracies and states, but it's acutely focused on the United States and the aim of that campaign is to weaken the faith of the American people in vital American institutions.
"The point of the campaign is to sow chaos. When trust in institutions collapses, what happens next is there's faithlessness in the systems. Free market American capitalism, republican democracy. All of these things become questioned, to the material benefit of the Russian Federation. What we're seeing now, and I don't know what Devin Nunes' most recent investigation is, I do believe he has a record of acting in bad faith," he said.
"But clearly, the actions of the Republican majority are lined perfectly with the interests of the intelligence services of the Russian Federation with regard to this matter. and now we routinely see on a cable news station, calls for senior law enforcement officials to be locked up. Political opponents to be locked up.
"And the bottom line is this: You can bring political pressure and crush the independence of the American justice system, the Department of Justice, concepts of the rule of law. That makes the United States military vulnerable to political influence, makes other independent agencies vulnerable to political influence. If you were to look in Turkey at Erdogan and his blueprint for establishing a Turkish autocracy, it begins with the attacks on the fake news and the press. And then the relieving of senior military officers, and then the relieving and questioning of judges and prosecutors, the weakening of institutions.
"That's what's going on," Schmidt said.
Some really serious stuff being said here, from a conservative yet. Will fellow Cons agree with him and help to sound the alarm? To attack our nation's institutions and try to bring them down is treasonous, IMO.
https://crooksandliars.com/2018/01/steve-schmidt-banana-republicans-aligned
"The point of the campaign is to sow chaos. When trust in institutions collapses, what happens next is there's faithlessness in the systems. Free market American capitalism, republican democracy. All of these things become questioned, to the material benefit of the Russian Federation. What we're seeing now, and I don't know what Devin Nunes' most recent investigation is, I do believe he has a record of acting in bad faith," he said.
"But clearly, the actions of the Republican majority are lined perfectly with the interests of the intelligence services of the Russian Federation with regard to this matter. and now we routinely see on a cable news station, calls for senior law enforcement officials to be locked up. Political opponents to be locked up.
"And the bottom line is this: You can bring political pressure and crush the independence of the American justice system, the Department of Justice, concepts of the rule of law. That makes the United States military vulnerable to political influence, makes other independent agencies vulnerable to political influence. If you were to look in Turkey at Erdogan and his blueprint for establishing a Turkish autocracy, it begins with the attacks on the fake news and the press. And then the relieving of senior military officers, and then the relieving and questioning of judges and prosecutors, the weakening of institutions.
"That's what's going on," Schmidt said.
Some really serious stuff being said here, from a conservative yet. Will fellow Cons agree with him and help to sound the alarm? To attack our nation's institutions and try to bring them down is treasonous, IMO.
https://crooksandliars.com/2018/01/steve-schmidt-banana-republicans-aligned
