<story><title>Macron condemns &apos;massive&apos; hacking attack</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39827244</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jimjimjim</author><text>Similar to &amp;quot;follow the money&amp;quot;, on a world view, who benefits from isolationism and breaking up western alliances?&lt;p&gt;trump: isolation + lessen ties with europe.&lt;p&gt;le pen: isolation + lessen ties with europe.&lt;p&gt;brexit: isolation + lessen ties with europe.&lt;p&gt;now, who benefits?&lt;p&gt;who benefits from a weakened europe.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>CriticalSection</author><text>The US government bankrolls the self-described &amp;quot;National Endowment for Democracy&amp;quot;, which openly boasts ( &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ned.org&amp;#x2F;region&amp;#x2F;central-and-eastern-europe&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ned.org&amp;#x2F;region&amp;#x2F;central-and-eastern-europe&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; ) of meddling in Russian and other elections.  Macron and his supporters talk the same way.&lt;p&gt;If the US and France are going to meddle in Russia&amp;#x27;s elections and affairs, what is the big surprise if Russia does the same?&lt;p&gt;Insofar as who benefits from &amp;quot;isolationism&amp;quot; and breaking up western [military] alliances, the answer is me, an American worker and taxpayer.  I gain nothing with my tax money going to kill or rape some Vietnamese farmer, or overthrow an elected government in Ukraine.&lt;p&gt;Trump has a lot of negatives, but that does not apply to whatever notions he has of not getting the US involved overseas militarily more than he already as.</text></comment>
<story><title>Macron condemns &apos;massive&apos; hacking attack</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39827244</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jimjimjim</author><text>Similar to &amp;quot;follow the money&amp;quot;, on a world view, who benefits from isolationism and breaking up western alliances?&lt;p&gt;trump: isolation + lessen ties with europe.&lt;p&gt;le pen: isolation + lessen ties with europe.&lt;p&gt;brexit: isolation + lessen ties with europe.&lt;p&gt;now, who benefits?&lt;p&gt;who benefits from a weakened europe.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>redwood</author><text>Clearly Putin. If you make democracy look untenable it becomes less threatening to an autocrat.</text></comment>