Russians Wanted Clinton, Not Trump, To Win

The idea that Trump colluded with the Russians and hacked the election is ridiculous but ridiculous is what we have come to expect from much of the left these days. Perhaps had they not cultivated a history of seeing spectacular monsters which do not exist we might give their current theory more than a casual, here they go again, eye-rolling smirk. Their tendency to delusional conspiracy theories seems to be an unavoidable reflex of liberal thinking. This idiocy goes back as far as we can remember, we were told in 1980 that Carter lost to Reagan because George H.W. Bush jumped on an SR-71 spy plane, flew to Iran and told the Ayatollah to not release the hostages until after the election so Carter would lose. They told us Bush Jr. blew up the levees after hurricane Katrina to flood New Orleans and used the left over explosives to secretly bring the twin towers down so he could start a war in the Middle East. There is an endless number of examples like this and they will surely continue to entertain us with new ones. I have decided to jump on this crazy train with my own conspiracy theory. One thing that bugs anyone who has thought about the election and the possible Russian attempt at influencing it is, why would the Russians prefer Donald instead of Hillary? No matter how many scenarios you evaluate your answer is, they would not. Trump is sure to strengthen our military while Clinton would have continued to weaken it, and like the useless administration before her, reduce the influence of the US around the world. So, is it possible their, the Russians, objective was not what we assume? Suppose they like everyone else assumed Clinton was the sure winner and in fact, the one they preferred? The reason for the ugly leaks then becomes different, suppose it was to create chaos, increase in-fighting among our political class and ensure continued legal investigations into Clinton's obvious illegalities? This outcome would be a win-win for the Russians. They got the president they wanted, Clinton, meaning they could continue to project their power and influence around the globe without challenge and an embattled US administration bogged down with scandal would be even less likely to develop any cohesive strategy to resist Russian aggression. This possibility is only conjecture but it is easily as much of a possibility, if not more, than the one offered by the liberals which makes no sense at all. cjpost.