The latest on the RussiaGate Scandal is that, while the U.S. intelligence hydra does not have a “smoking gun” to prove Russia hacked the election, they have “assessed” that Russia is the likely suspect. Okay, now, in the United States, do we sentence people to prison based on suspicions without a court conviction? Oh, wait, yes we do. In Guantanamo. Ok, well, what does “assess” mean anyway? The dictionary definition is: “to estimate or judge the value, character, etc., of; evaluate”. So, we’ve taken out sanctions on Russia because of a guess, basically. “We guess Russia did it. So we must punish them!” Gosh, I bet a hypothesis could lead to a full-scale nuclear war if that’s the case.
It goes without saying the government acts without proof. Are these the same “intelligence officials” that told us Saddam (Saaa-dam) was well on his way to building a nuclear weapon? Or are these the same swell guys that told us we could win the Korean War, Vietnam War, Afghan War, Iraq War, and depose Assad in Syria with relatively few casualties? I daresay taking our car to these jokers for an estimate would be pretty traumatizing. “Your car needs a new engine! New transmission!” Uhhhh….I just bought it. I brought it here to see how much you’d charge to put in a CD player…
Fire the CIA. And sell the Pentagon to a laser-tag arcade. These people couldn’t flip burgers and they’re out there flipping governments.