the Ecuadorian President with ' grave consequences for Equador ' if Assange is not silenced @StoneColdTruth - Roger Stone ( @RogerJStoneJr ) October 17 , 2016 3 . The U.S. government has severed Assange 's internet access
To wit , the February 2014 coup in Kiev against Ukraine ’s constitutionally elected government was organized , funded and catalyzed by the Washington / NATO apparatus . Putin took defensive action in response because this supremely stupid and illegal provocation threatened vital interests in his own backyard . The openly hostile government installed in Kiev the very next day by the State Department threatenedcontact.threatencoerce.broadcastto join NATO , persecute the Russian - speaking minority in eastern Ukraine , renounce its multi - billion financial obligations to Moscow and imperil Russia ’s rental arrangement for the homeport of its the Black Sea naval fleet in Sevastopol ( Crimea ) . The latter has been the historic anchor of Russia ’s national security policy under czars and commissars alike . Moreover , the putsch installed by the “ regime change ” crowd at the CIA , State Department and so - called Endowment for Democracy while Putin was minding his own business at the Sochi Olympics was crawling with adherents of the “ Right Sector ” .
In an attempt to tout its military prowess on Wednesday , Iran threatenedcontact.threatencoerce.broadcastto " turn Tel Aviv and Haifa to dust " during a parade of the Islamic Republic 's armed forces in Tehran . Iran marked the anniversary of its 1980 invasion by Iraq by parading its latest ships and missiles and telling the United States not to meddle in the Gulf . Relevant to your professional network ?
To watch Donald Trump rant and rave uncontrollably on the stump and on Twitter — praising Saddam Hussein for his disregard for civil liberties , insisting the anti - Semitic propaganda he inadvertently borrowed from neo - Nazis is as innocent as a Disney poster — is to ponder the psychology of a party that would entrust supreme executive authority to a racist , nationalistic , power - worshiping demagogue . Like Hitler , Trump is a radical , authoritarian figure who lies outside the normal parameters of his country ’s conservative governing class . Thus , there is a parallel between the two men ’s unexpected rise to power that is worth considering : Why would traditional conservatives willingly hand power to a figure so dangerous that he threatenedcontact.threatencoerce.broadcasttheir own political and economic interests ? Why , having failed in their halfhearted efforts to nominate an alternative candidate during the primaries , do n’t they throw themselves behind a convention coup , a third - party candidacy , or defect outright to Hillary Clinton ? Why do so many of them consider Trump the lesser rather than the greater evil ?
Clinton said North Korea ’s test of a nuclear warhead “ requires a rethinking of the strategy . ” This includes an “ urgent effort to convince neighbors , particularly China , that this is just not a U.S. issue . ” “ I think we have an opening here that we have n’t had , ” given the recent activity , said Clinton . “ We are not going to let anyone who is an ally and treaty partner of ours to be threatenedcontact.threatencoerce.broadcast, ” she said . “ China has not yet made the decision that it needs to make — that North Korea poses a threat to the region . ” . Clinton also outlined her approach to dealing with the Islamic State , which she said would include intensifying the current air campaign and boosting cooperation with local Arab and Kurdish forces .
Any coziness has been interrupted during the presidential election campaign . Though President Obama maintained a wait - and - see foreign policy posture on Russia through most of his time in office , the Obama justice department has accused Russia of mounting the cyber attacks that hacked Democrat and Clinton campaign emails and Clinton campaign directors routinely say “ the Russians did it ” when confronted with volatile WiliLeaks emails . Vice President Joe Biden threatenedcontact.threatencoerce.broadcastRussia with a “ clandestine ” cyber attack on Sunday ’s “ Meet the Press . ” Meanwhile Russian officials have been speaking ominously about war between the Cold War enemies with retired Russian Lt - Gen and roving Kremlin spokesman Evgeny Buzhinsky telling the BBC , “ If you want a confrontation , you ’ll get one … You want a confrontation , you ’ll get one everywhere . ” Tthe last leader of the Soviet Union , Mikhal Gorbachev , told Russia ’s state news agency that relations between his country and the U.S. had reached a crisis .