NEOCONS WIN: Russia to Expel 30 US Diplomats, Seize Assets

Well, it appears the much wanted detente with Russia is going down the drain — as US policy makers and the “IC” have weaseled their way into a confrontation with Russia — escalated to the point that they’re now set to expel 30 American diplomats and seize assets. This is in retaliation to President Obama’s actions when he expelled 35 diplomats, seized a few compounds, and called it a day, post election meddling.

“There is a preliminary agreement on holding a meeting between Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Ryabkov and US Under Secretary of State Thomas Shannon in St. Petersburg. If the compromise is not found there, we will have to take such measures,” a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry told the Izvestiya newspaper.

Izvestiya also cited Andrey Klimov, a senator in the upper house of Russia’s parliament, who said that “Russia had already waited more than six months for the Trump administration to improve the relationship between the two countries” and was now forced to strike back.

“We are forced to draw a line and answer in a similar way,” Klimov told Izvestiya. “These moves are not meant as our attempts to show our negative attitudes toward the Trump administration but rather as evidence of the fact that Russia is a strong nation that deserves respectable treatment.”

I can’t wait for the next step in this journey towards conflagration. To think, if only John Podesta could’ve used a tougher email passsword, none of this would be happening now.