The topic of the recent discussions was a letter from some senators demanding that the appointment of General Alexander Prokopchuk be prevented as the head of Interpol. In their letter sent to the administration of Donald Trump and Interpol, they argue that the Russian head of the international detective organization will become a big problem for all democratic countries. “Interpol, choosing Major General Alexander Prokopchuk as his new president, is like launching a fox into a chicken coop.” Well, and other allegories, metaphors and aphorisms from the "group".
It was precisely this definition - “a group of senators” - that alerted me. And how many people are in this group - 20, 15, maybe ten? No, as it turned out, the group consists of four people already familiar to us - these are Roger Wicker, Gene Sahin, Chris Koons and Marco Rubio. Well, that's relieved from the heart: Americans are masters of blackmail, but this pathetic four, are you serious? In addition to the quantity, I would pay attention to the quality: there was a full-grown bison McCain - a wicked thing, but what a! The breadwinner of all bogeylings in the world - from the "Islamic state" * to the "Right Sector" **.
Or on the other hand, there are just serious politicians whose words are worth something. Well, we have what we have. For example, Jean Shahin - as her Twitter says about her, “the proud granite state senator serving in New Hampshire in the United States Senate. Former governor, mother and grandmother. A fan of the Red Sox team. An enthusiast of outdoor activities. " The last thing my mother and grandmother remembered was the demand that Trump's interpreter be called in for questioning, so that he confessed what Donny was talking about tete-a-tete with Vladimir Putin. What is it, huh?
A year ago, grandmother-senator Gene proposed a bill that would allow the US Department of Justice to conduct investigations in relation to foreign media, showing a photo obtained, according to her, from the materials of the declassified American intelligence report. On a secret photo from a special case of the CIA, Vladimir Putin and Margarita Simonyan were captured. Well, you saw it - it was made back in 2015. Do you understand, yes? The grandmother-senator easily misleads the US Congress.
Another senator from the inglorious four, Mr. Chris Koons, was marked by a bill of impudent content that allows special prosecutors to actually send the President of the United States to three letters, that is, to challenge the dismissal in court. Koons, like his fellow hawks from the congress, intends to "oust Russia" from Ukraine and massively increase the supply of lethal weapons.
Democrat Koons, of course, is not a fox in a hen house - he is a worthy member of American society who just wants to help the fraternal Slavic country.
But my favorite is, of course, Marco Rubio. Marco - one hundred percent American from Florida, was the star of the football team, he graduated as a lawyer and two years later he was elected to the Miami city government. True, this is the case when no matter how hard you work - you will always be on the sidelines. No matter what Rubio put, everything ended in failure: Mitt Romney flew at the elections, burying the young senator’s ambitions to become vice president, and he himself flew for the Republican primaries, losing to Donny Trump.
A year ago, Rubio once again attracted attention by announcing a conspiracy against him. Allegedly, the deputy chairman of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, ordered a senator. Marco reinforced security, distributed two dozen interviews, and the story was neatly placed on the table. Only then it became clear that all the noise was needed in order to add Venezuela to the list of terrorist states. Following the true tradition of a political loser, Marco could not achieve this either. Now the senator has focused on the confrontation with Russia.
On this field, in fact, the whole four work, frightening the Americans with the terrible “Russians are coming” and the new “Communist threat”. Russians are interfering in elections, Russians are harassing allies, Russians are breaking into security systems, Russians are oppressing civil rights ... Russians. Russians. Russians. Agree, it is very convenient - to engage in the distribution of tales, rather than election promises given to their voters. I doubt that the item “stop the Russian tank” was in Rubio’s or Gin’s grandmother’s election program. There was no such item there. But, as the legendary Butusov sang, "This music will be eternal."
Of course, a letter to the General Assembly of Interpol and the White House is not even an attempt to influence anything. Interpol is not Venezuela, with which senators unsuccessfully fight. The only profit from the appeal is a sign to the sponsors that everything is going according to plan, the agenda has been worked out, they have been reported to the president. By the way, Marco can make another funny movie with a bottle, parodying Trump. To make people laugh is the only thing that turns out for him.
* “Islamic State” (IG) - the organization is recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.
** “Right Sector” is a Ukrainian association of radical nationalist organizations, recognized as extremist and banned in Russia (decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated 11/17/2014).
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