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Boom: Mike Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI; but Obama sent an
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Boom: Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI; but an
Obama aide went to Russia and huddled with Russian officials BEFORE
Obama was even elected
Michael Flynn has pled guilty to lying to the FBI about his
conversation with the Russian Ambassador to the United States, Sergey
Kislyak.
The conversation occurred AFTER Trump won the 2016 election
and before he was inaugurated. The conversation involved US sanctions
against Russia and a UN resolution concerning Israel.
Why did Flynn lie? There was nothing wrong with him speaking
to the Ambassador during the presidential transition phase. Claims that
he was undermining Obama's policy toward Russia are nonsense. It's
common practice for an incoming president's staff to speak with foreign
officials, in order to set up future goals and policies.
The prosecution against Flynn is of the so-called "process" variety.
That means, in this case, he lied to federal officials about a matter that was itself inconsequential.
It's probable the FBI was holding other charges over Flynn's
head---relating to his private-sector work on behalf of the Turkish
government. A deal was struck: the FBI would forget all about that, if
Flynn pled guilty to lying about his conversation with the Russian
ambassador, and if he cooperated by rolling over on other members of the
Trump team.
Michael Flynn is now (ridiculously) seen as having interfered
with President Obama's policy toward Russia during Obama's last days in
the White House, in 2016.
But what about CANDIDATE Obama interfering in President Bush's policy toward Russia in the fall of 2008, BEFORE the election?
Geohistory.today has an article, dated October 27, 2008, a
few days before Obama won the presidential election for the first time,
titled, "US Elections Come to Moscow," by Anna Wiesfieler:
"Last week [before the 2008 presidential election] saw the
release of Obama's book, The Audacity of Hope, in Russian translation to
Russian markets. One of his foreign policy advisors, Mike McFaul, also
made a trip to Moscow to meet with various Russian officials and
interest groups, speaking off the record and answering questions."
"McFaul addressed how US relations with Ukraine and Georgia
might affect US-Russia relations in the future [!]. Speaking at the
Peking Hotel in Moscow at an event organized by Democrats Abroad Russia
for Americans living in Russia, McFaul established that this is
potentially a major campaign issue for Senator Obama. There are a large
number of swing voters (several million) whose heritage comes from
Eastern Europe or the Caucasus region. For these voters, US-Russia
relations and relations with states in those regions has become a vital
issue that could potentially swing votes to one candidate or the other."
"The day before, at the Carnegie Endowment Center in Moscow,
McFaul also fielded questions ranging from explanations of the primary
and general election process to the August crisis in Georgia and
Russia's concerns about Ukraine and Georgia receiving NATO membership
action plans."
"Pointing to a number of Senator Obama's statements,
including one from April 2008 (before the crisis) where Senator Obama
was concerned that violence may erupt in the southern part of the
Republic of Georgia, McFaul conveyed concern about the situation in the
Caucasus. Speaking to NATO enlargement, he noted, as have many others,
that both US candidates for president support NATO expansion. However,
Senator Obama has consistently referred to NATO rules whereby the people
of a candidate state must support entry into NATO and that NATO rules
state that not only must territorial disputes be resolved before entry
into the Alliance, but that a member state cannot use violence against
its own people."
Talk about sticking fingers in the foreign policy of the US---and BEFORE Obama was elected!
Contrast Obama's and McFaul's 2008 actions to Mike Flynn's in 2016.
Imagine what the press would be screaming now, if CANDIDATE
Trump had sent Mike Flynn to Russia, BEFORE the 2016 election, to chat
with officials about Trump's future policy goals regarding Russia.
In 2008, the compliant US press, fawning over Obama, saw nothing that rose to the level of a scandal.
The current blow-up about Flynn is coming out of pretended
media shock, playing to a naïve public encased in a television bubble.
Since the American Revolution of 1776, US politicians, military men,
business leaders, intelligence operatives, and financiers have been
traveling to foreign countries, seeking and coercing front-door and
back-door and side-door deals. To say George Washington's warning about
"entangling foreign alliances" has been ignored is a vast
understatement. Mike Flynn's recent conversation with the Russian
ambassador is a sub-atomic ripple in the pond.
Police Captain Renault ("Casablanca," 1942): "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!" A croupier hands Renault a pile of money. Croupier: "Your winnings, sir."
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Jon Rappoport
The
author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM
THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US
Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. He maintains a
consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the
expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he
has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles
on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin
Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and
Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics,
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