Russian hackers targeted U.S. conservative think-tanks, says Microsoft
The ongoing &quot;Russia is up to something&quot; narrative is an unpleasant death by a thousand cuts.<p>China is doing &#x27;interesting&#x27; expansionary work encroaching on territory in the South China Sea. America has no doubt spawned a generation of enemies in the Middle East from the last 15 odd years of warmongering.<p>The Russians have no demonstrated ability to do anything dangerous politically, or any particular motive not shared by the ~20% of the world population living in China. To even influence the conversations in American politics they will have to wait in line behind a maelstrom of corporate interests that have the political scene quite neatly locked down.<p>It is heartbreaking to see the usually vibrant US political scene get so lost in the bushes on foreign policy and threat assessment.