The Russians are hacking. The Russians are hacking

If one reads or listens to reports of the just revealed 9 month cyberattack on U.S. government and companies, it’s clear there is not one word to substantiate Russia’s guilt. The proof offered? “It’s pretty clearly Russia did it” was the belated response from Secretary of State Pompeo. The best cybersecurity company and hacking victim FireEye could offer? “It was an attack by a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities.” If true, the list includes the UK, Israel and China, besides Russia. Why wait for proof when fearmongering deflects from our gross cybersecurity negligence.

That doesn’t prevent the hyperbolic response we’re under grave threat from Russia that demands immediate and strong response. Sen. Romney called it “the high-tech equivalent of “Russian bombers repeatedly flying undetected over the entire country.” Cybersecurity expert Clint Watts offered “It’s long past the time for the U.S. to stand up to Russia and fight.” Pompeo, not waiting for proof, promptly closed our 2 remaining Russian consulates.

Those dwindling Americans with any interest in foreign policy know our government lies to us all the time. Hundreds of thousands dead in Iraq based on lies. Creating failed states in Libya and Syria based on lies. Obama’s last minute blink over lies Syria gassed its own people barely prevented a massive bombing in Syria’s civil war. Lies about Iran’s fictional nuclear program blew up the Iran Nuclear Agreement and almost blew up the Middle East. Lies about an imminent attack on U.S. forces caused Trump and Pompeo to assassinate a top and revered Iranian general, along with 9 other Iranians and Iraqis in Baghdad. Pompeo bragged about it, not caring one whit of worldwide revulsion over our criminality. How dare Russia or any country invade our information systems to uncover future U.S. skullduggery.

The biggest threat to world peace is America’s new U.S. Cold War against Russia. That’s because Russia’s 1,572 deployed nukes nearly match Uncle Sam’s 1,750. If not careful, we’ll both disappear, along with Mother Earth. Yet we endlessly ramp up inflated danger from a shadow of the Soviet behemoth we feared during Cold War I.

It’s not The Russians are hacking, the Russians are hacking. It’s The Americans are fearmongering, The Americans are fearmongering.