Democrats Got Their ‘Reset’ With Russia, Now They Don’t Want It

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Democrats Got Their ‘Reset’ With Russia, Now They Don’t Want It

By Steve Berman  |  December 11, 2016, 10:13am 

One of President Obama’s first promises was to “reset” relationships with Russia. In March, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton symbolically gave a reset button to her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov. The problem was the label on the button, “Peregruzka” in Russian actually means “overcharged.”

That gaffe is representative to the left’s lack of doing their homework in most things. Five years later, the “reset” was declared dead, failed.

It’s been over five years since the United States and Russia vowed to “reset” their relationship. In that time, the two countries have had to grapple with disagreements over Syria, Iran and Libya, as well as Russia’s welcome to U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden and the U.S. condemnation of a Russian-supported referendum in Crimea.
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In fact, the relationship has devolved into a petty tit-for-tat of diplomatic slaps in the face, sanctions, and military brush-offs. It’s no wonder the Russians used their considerable disinformation assets and conspiracy news generating operations to help Donald Trump and hurt Clinton. But remember, it was the Democrats who first wanted the reset.

Now that they have it, with President-elect Trump expected to nominate Exxon-Mobile chief Rex Tillerson, recipient of the Russian “Order of Friendship,” as secretary of state. This is how you give a reset button.

The company’s deep ties to Russia would potentially serve Tillerson well, given Trump’s desire to repair relations with the Kremlin. But Tillerson’s close ties to Putin could also become a flash point during confirmation hearings, especially in light of a recent CIA assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system.

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http://theresurgent.com/democrats-got-their-reset-with-russia-now-they-dont-want-it/

[geronl]

Russia is still the enemy of the west, it's stupid to pretend otherwise

[Cripplecreek]

William Ayers wanted Russia to help seize control of America and it looks like he'll finally get it.