Obama vows action against Russia for hacks
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama on Thursday vowed retaliatory action against Russia for its meddling in the US presidential election.
"I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action and we will at a time and place of our own choosing," Obama told National Public Radio.
Describing potential countermeasures by the US, the President said "some of it may be explicit and publicized; some of it may not be."
He said he directly confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin about a potential US response, and said his counterpart acknowledged his stance.
"Mr. Putin is well aware of my feelings about this, because I spoke to him directly about it," Obama said.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/15/politics/obama-russia-hacking-election/
LisaM
(27,759 posts)is not enough.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)(The hacks--- I don't think he will say anything about t-rump.)
volstork
(5,394 posts)We need action against the cabal over here, too!
The last thing we need is revenge against Russia. It's childish, pointless, and dangerous - and besides: we made ourselves exposed to Russian vote tampering with our extensive use of read-and-write software-equipped electronic voting machines (another disaster we have Bush to thank for).
What we do need to show Putin is that all his chicanery was for naught. And the only way to do that is to deny his lackey, Trump, the Presidency - an office he did not legitimately win by any stretch of the imagination.
uncle ray
(3,153 posts)he's succeeded in disrupting our election and keeping trump from office will just galvanize his base and catalyze a second civil war.
tenorly
(2,037 posts)These rednecks are constantly threatening to "take up arms" over some fictitious grievance or other (usually racially motivated) - and against their own country, no less! Frankly I'd love to see them try it.
True_Blue
(3,063 posts)Keeping Trump out of the Whitehouse.
Jean-Jacques Roussea
(475 posts)It's goning down
ailsagirl
(22,837 posts)drray23
(7,587 posts)Trump would be either shaking on his boots or fawning all over him.
CountAllVotes
(20,854 posts)He is NOT our friend! He a communist, former head of the KGB for f's sake!!!!
rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)Smooth move.
Jean-Jacques Roussea
(475 posts)So we're either gonna get
1). A surgical strike causing long-lasting damage
2). Trump's disqualification from being president
3). Obama wimping out
Hope it's not 3. He's been too calm. He should be pulling shit like the NC GOP did so he can Trump-proof America.
rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)If Trump stops all retaliation only the most stupid of his stupids will not see through him.
There has never been a cyberwar before. Who knows what will happen?
Interesting times.
Jean-Jacques Roussea
(475 posts)Trump has already said that he doesn't believe the CIA or the WH and probably feels sorry for Putin who got an angry phone call from Obama falsely accusing him of a crime some 400 lb guy in New Jersey did. Sad.
rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)Or did your forget Hard to tell.
elmac
(4,642 posts)or destroying putins great wealth, something like 80 billion dollars. That would be the only thing that would hurt that monster and it would only take a few seconds to do.
ailsagirl
(22,837 posts)...kicking that red-faced charlatan the hell out of Washington
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Mr. Evil
(2,746 posts)He should retaliate against all the republican traitorous scum that enabled him and colluded with him! They need to start by putting the screws to James Comey and Paul Manifort. Time for some domino effect!
Hekate
(90,189 posts)Catch it from the beginning on rerun.
Mr. Evil
(2,746 posts)LisaM
(27,759 posts)Not that my piddly viewing habits matter, but they all need to win me back.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)underthematrix
(5,811 posts)"the INTEGRITY of our elections" LAWD! I have no words.
byronius
(7,369 posts)Actual leader in the house.
JudyM
(29,122 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)so if we see putin selling a bunch of crap on ebay all of a sudden we will know that Obama hacked Putins 80 billion dollars to buy some swamp land in Siberia.
bucolic_frolic
(42,665 posts)do something
SHRED
(28,136 posts)They'll just wait until the January 21st reversal.
LisaL
(44,962 posts)He has basically no time left.
Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)mitty14u2
(1,015 posts)Russia went through WikiLeaks so we couldn't prove anything, Unless we hack WikiLeaks!
mopinko
(69,806 posts)make an address to the nation and lay it out. you know there is more to it than we have heard so far. spit it out.
address the electors directly. remind them of their duty.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)maryellen99
(3,781 posts)Putin knows that Trump is going to roll over and let him do what ever he wants and Hilary would not have.
0rganism
(23,855 posts)what'll it be, Mr. President? shortest-lived sanctions ever? temporary NATO escalation in the Ukraine? whatcha gonna do?