{"id":62602,"date":"2017-01-08T21:32:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T01:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=62602"},"modified":"2017-01-08T21:32:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T01:32:06","slug":"trump-only-stupid-people-want-war-with-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=62602","title":{"rendered":"Trump: Only &#8220;Stupid&#8221; People Want War With Russia!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Carlsbad, CA<br \/>\nJanuary 8, 2017<\/p>\n<p>by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n<p>Trump is correct in his assessment that better relations with Russia are a good<br \/>\nthing and that only folks who lack sound judgment want a war with the nuclear<br \/>\narmed Bear.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, there are lots of stupid people, many of whom are high officials and leading<br \/>\nvoices in the Main Stream Media. <a href=\"http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=157304\"> http:\/\/revolutionradio.org\/?p=157304<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the top of the list has to be John McCain and Lindsey Graham along with<br \/>\nGeorge Soros: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatdoesitmean.com\/index2202.htm\">http:\/\/www.whatdoesitmean.com\/index2202.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In one of the most chilling videos I have seen in a long time, the two Neocon<br \/>\nsenators address Ukraine President Poroshenko and some of his crack troops<br \/>\ncalling for &#8220;an end to Russian aggression&#8221; and &#8220;the need to stop Putin!&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/46163.htm\">http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/46163.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The constant drumbeat of negativity pouring out against Putin and the dubious<br \/>\nclaims that he led an effort to get Trump elected are endangering prospects for<br \/>\npeace while constraining the new president&#8217;s ability to improve relations with the<br \/>\nRussians. <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=62474\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=62474<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The shackles are more formidable than most people realize and include a<br \/>\nsignificant restraint on presidential power in the recently passed National<br \/>\nDefense Authorization Act of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>That bill bars the Chief Executive from any positive actions of working with<br \/>\nthe Russians unless and until they return Crimea to Ukrainian control and<br \/>\nwithdraw support for ethnic Russians in the Donbass.<\/p>\n<p>Neither of those things are likely to happen in the foreseeable future&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br \/>\nor ever in the opinion of many observers.<\/p>\n<p>These and other hurdles designed to delegitimize Trump&#8217;s presidency<br \/>\nbefore it even begins are what awaits him in the days ahead. Many<br \/>\nbelieve he will be able to prevail against his many opponents by rallying<br \/>\nhis followers via Twitter as well as relying on the inherent good will of<br \/>\nthe American people to resist the forces of evil that are welling up<br \/>\naround us. <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=62414\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=62414<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully they are correct. We will see soon enough!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}