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hoolstoptheheels

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I think escalation is the wrong approach, personally. You're right, I


wasn't thinking along those lines. Once you start a tit for tat that includes shutting down power grids and infrastructure, you begin to move in the direction of cyber warfare spilling into the physical realm.

I am skeptical enough both about the level of cyber security around our infrastructure (and no matter how good, nothing is hack-proof), and the level of our cyber warfare capabilities vs. Russia's, to think they are only hackers and trolls. I think they have arguably devoted far more resources for longer than we have, because their greatest opportunities to compete with the US these days are in cyberspace.

(In response to this post by wahoo138)

Posted: 07/17/2018 at 12:14PM



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Uh, what did Trump agree to yesterday with Putin? -- WahooMatt05 07/17/2018 10:42AM
  So Nuclear Peace Talks are now bad? ** -- ConnHoo 07/17/2018 12:06PM
  Their derangement is unmatched ** -- TomKazanski 07/17/2018 11:43AM
  Sorry that we are patriots ** -- wahoo138 07/17/2018 11:55AM
  Did you have some extra straw laying around today? -- wahoo138 07/17/2018 12:16PM
  Hooda calls that lunch. -- WahooRQ 07/17/2018 12:22PM
  I think i saw an ad for those on FOX yesterday ** -- wahoo138 07/17/2018 12:23PM
  Is that what was suggested? Yeah, maybe not. ** -- Hoodafan 07/17/2018 11:42AM
  But he's the president, so we don't have a choice. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/17/2018 11:22AM
  It's about how dems stop being bit players. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/17/2018 12:25PM
  I agree with that last line. But it is inherently political. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/17/2018 12:41PM
  America can be committed to sanctions all we want -- wahoo138 07/17/2018 11:31AM
  Or work constructively towards making a change at the top. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/17/2018 11:51AM
  Total agreement ** -- wahoo138 07/17/2018 11:52AM
  I'm certainly not advocating for that -- wahoo138 07/17/2018 12:18PM
  Honestly, I don't think anyone can make that statement. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/17/2018 12:28PM
  Only half of Alaska ** -- NJHoo 07/17/2018 10:57AM
  Hopefully that would include the Palin Clan half. :-) ** -- jdubforwahoowa 07/17/2018 11:13AM
  The half that has the most Natural Gas for Angela ** -- Tuckahokie 07/17/2018 11:18AM
  No, they can stay. -- HowieT3 07/17/2018 11:24AM
  Nice! -- jdubforwahoowa 07/17/2018 10:58AM
  Why did he not trust Pompeo, Kelly, Bolton, etc -- wahoo138 07/17/2018 10:46AM
  *Tommy and Hooda ** -- wahoo138 07/17/2018 11:01AM

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