Why Putin fears a Clinton presidency

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Why Putin fears a Clinton presidency

By Frida Ghitis at CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/15/opinions/putin-clinton-hate-affair-ghitis/

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Putin's personal animosity toward Clinton coincides with his larger strategic goals. In recent years, he has launched an increasingly muscular foreign (and domestic) policy. He is challenging the US, NATO and the European Union at every turn. Despite a shrinking economy -- not much bigger than Mexico's -- Russia has used its military power to make it a major player on the global stage.
How Russian hackers could influence the election

Russia, according to Western analysts, has mounted a campaign to "discredit the West's liberal democratic model, and undermine trans-Atlantic ties," manipulating Eastern European countries and "supporting the far right" against the EU. That "Kremlin Playbook" includes tampering with elections in Europe and the US.

Clinton stands in direct defiance to Putin's vision, already partly in place, of a Russia with a sphere of influence that includes the former Soviet territory and, more loosely, Eastern Europe, alongside a weakened Europe, US and NATO.

In contrast to Trump, she has made countless comments over the years to suggest she would present a much tougher opponent to Putin's ambitions than Barack Obama has been, saying she thinks the United States must find ways to "confine, contain, [and] deter Russian aggression in Europe and beyond."




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[sunonmars]

1. Putin is probably thinking now, ...no way am i dealing with this horse's ass Trump for 4 years.

in a kinda like...what have i done sort of way......

[applegrove]

4. You kidding. Manipulative people like Putin love unwitting fools to control.

[sunonmars]

5. I meant in a he would drive you insane sorta way

[applegrove]

6. Putin would take great pleasure in diminishing America and all of its' people. Psychopaths

do that. They enjoy other's falls.

[Gothmog]

2. Putin really wants to have Trump as POTUS instead of Clinton

[Madam45for2923]

3. Putin wants a weaker USA!

[oasis]

7. Hillary ain't taking no shit from Putin or anybody else.

She's gonna be large and in charge.