ANALYSIS: It's time to come together to battle Russia and hold the Trump administration accountable for what they have and have not done on Russia, writes matthewjdowd. 'Instead of uniting our country, this act of war sowed incredible discord.'
I have been contemplating something the last few days, and wanted to lay out some observations in the aftermath of the Mueller Report. So give me a moment to draw some historical comparisons between 1941 and 2016 -- years when our democracy came under attack.
In 2015 and 2016, another totalitarian adversary attacked our democracy through various means of cyberwarfare. These acts by the nation of Russia were a direct assault without warning on our republic that undermined and manipulated one of our most fundamental of institutions – voting for president of the United States. It is good to remember that U.S.
Yes, I understand losing lives is much different than influencing our elections and damaging our democratic institutions, but they are both acts of war against our democracy. In the former, we united and were able to declare victory in less than four years; in the latter, we have fought with each other bitterly. This administration's response to Russia’s assault has been nothing short of appalling, and one might say it has been deplorable.
This appears to be precisely what happened in 2015 and 2016 between our adversary Russia and the Trump campaign as Russia systematically attacked our democracy. Even today, Donald Trump, who as a candidate welcomed the help of Russia as they committed cyberwar on our electoral institutions, hasn’t emphatically called out Russia and put in place systems to protect our country from further attacks.
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