Politics Can our Republican friends here please explain something...

The last guy didn't work for me.

That's how it goes.

The difference is, I wasn't butt hurt about it.

 

No, sounds objective.

Butt hurt is marching the streets before he did anything, calling his election the end of the world, and calling for his impeachment the day he took office.

I never supported any such things, and still don't.

 

Obviously the State Department has no use for the money. It sure looks silly that the State Department is somehow good at security, when it's not their mission. They can't even keep their own workers from sending state secrets over non-government systems.

The government has spent many times what it cost to make Apple Computers Corporation from scratch on security and it didn't stop the government from being hacked numerous times.

Like I said, what are you saying they should spend the money on?

Your 2nd link says "for now." That suggests the administration is pursuing diplomatic solutions, which I believe is the actual solution.

Manchurian Candidate is a work of fiction. How appropriate!

 

Fish in a barrel.

You second link, fox news. It says there were two things the administration was supposed to do. First, the article says they didn't impose sanctions on countries making weapons purchases from Russia because the State Dept sees those purchases not happening anyway. Second, the administration was to provide a list of Russians who might be sanctioned in the future, which the administration did provide.

Like fish in a barrel.

Did you even read your own links?

From the first:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/...partment-russia-global-engagement-center.html

The United States spends billions of dollars on secret cybercapabilities, but these weapons have proved largely ineffective against Russian efforts on Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere that simply amplify or distort divisive but genuine voices in the United States and elsewhere.​

Your Manchurian candidate angers Moscow!

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/world/europe/kremlin-russia-trump-list.html

Trump’s Stance on Russia Sanctions Angers Both Moscow and Washington

 

He didn't work for me, thanks for proving the point.

 

You do realize Trump confronted Putin directly over it, right? And he sided with our intel community over Putin's denial.

"work with the national security team to address it" is already happening and was happening all along. Where's the beef?

 

I asked a question and didn't get much of a response at all.

Given all those things, what is the self appointed security expert proposing that will stop any hacking that's going on?

I'll add to the shots across the bow that N Korea is actively hacking all over the world, as is China and numerous other countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures_hack

 

Someone sounds butt hurt over the accurate use of the term surrender. But it was in Iraq that Obama SURRENDERED. The manchurian president (Obama) allowed Russia to build bases in Syria, though.

The current state dept. made a comment about the surrender in Iraq when talking about keeping our troops in Syria for a while to come. That we won't make the same "mistake" as the last administration and surrender our gains to the enemy there.

 

You are. I agree.