By Count Friedrich von Olsen
Our president has been under attack from shortly after he took office by operatives of the Democratic Party who have suggested, falsely in my view, that he and his campaign conspired with the Russian Government during the 2016 presidential campaign. I have prattled on before about how I do not believe any candidate for office is engaging in wrongdoing by trafficking in information from any source with regard to a political opponent’s behavior. I have also stated that I think our president is being unfairly maligned because he has moved on from the Cold War mentality that for half of a century left the United States at the nuclear brink and at economic/social and political loggerheads with Moscow, and how I believe Russia is at this stage a logical trading partner with the United States. Those are different issues than what has me animated this week…
In Syria last week, in or near the city of Douma,the government apparently made a chemical attack that extended to civilians. Shortly thereafter, our president used Twitter, which I understand is some kind of modern version of the teletype of my day that can be operated from the modern, newfangled smart phones that are at present all the rage, to send out this message, and I quote: “Many dead, including women and children, in mindless chemical attack in Syria. Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad. Big price to pay. Open area immediately for medical help and verification. Another humanitarian disaster for no reason whatsoever. Sick!”
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, reports of the chemical attack are a “hoax” and an “information attack.”
What is clear to me is that this establishes that our president is not in the pocket of Russian leader Vladimir Putin…
I do not expect the Democrats to like Donald Trump. I understand they have some legitimate political differences with him. I expect them to push hard for their own agenda. I wish they would play fair and not engage in false and opportunistic lies to achieve their ends…