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We underestimate the Russians to our peril. Our constitution will soon be hanging by a thread and we are already witnessing the beginnings of unhinged tyranny.
[/quote]This is called hybrid warfare and the Russians have been practicing it for a while now. The original plan was that Hillary would win, and all the WikiLeaks stuff would be used to separate the left wing of the party from her, thus destroying or at least paralyzing her presidency. Now that Trump has won, even better. The desire is to cause chaos and undermine the alliances that govern The West, alliances that Russia simply can not ascribe to.
The Plot to Hack America: How Putin’s Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election
by Malcolm Nance
If Vladimir Putin, the Russian intelligence apparatus, and its underground global hacking wings sought to destabilize the West, break up NATO, and re-establish the global order, they would need to lay out a strategic hybrid warfare plan.
Hybrid warfare is the new Russian model to harness the strength of all aspects of Russian intelligence, propaganda, cyber operations, and Kompromat to support battlefield preparations before ordering terrorism, special operations and full-scale military warfare.
He wrote the book before the election. It’s still a good read if you want to know how and why this is happening, and why it’s not over yet. This investigation does nothing to prevent the chaos America has descended into.
This story is not about the past, it’s very much about the future.
We think Trump is a joke, maybe he is, but the Russians are most definitely not fools. And they always have contingency plans. LUCKY-7 hit it’s target, and it’s not over yet. It might just be beginning.