Is the anger due to weakness?

Ever since Donald Trump won the presidential election last November, there has been an hysterical outpouring of venom against Russia, with accusations of trying to influence elections of at least 27 European and American nations. Unable to understand how Hillary Clinton could have lost, Democrats blamed Russia for exposing how they actively undermined Bernie Sanders in favor of Clinton. A book recently published by former Chair of the Democratic National Committee, Donna Brazile claims that the DNC allowed Clinton to control its finances. There was even an attempt by hackers to link Trump to a Russian Bank. At least 3 Congressional Committees are investigating allegations of Trump's collusion with Russia. A special prosecutor has been appointed to probe members of Trump campaign team for links to Russia. Paul Manafort, previous Chairman of Trump campaign, and his assistant, Rick Gates have been arrested for money laundering for Ukraine. Manafort is said to have helped President Victor Yanukovych, who fled to Russia after an armed coup in 2014, and to have lied to investigators, but what this has to do with Trump is not explained. British Prime Minister, Theresa May accused Russia of hacking British election and also apparently influencing the Brexit referendum. US agencies are convinced that Russian hackers tried to influence French elections against Emmanuel Macron. Russia tried to hack Britain's national grid and tried to penetrate telecoms company. Strangely, the British seem happy to have handed over their CCTV business to the Chinese, giving them unparalleled right to monitor the activities of anyone they want to. Europe's stability is threatened as "Russia is destabilizing the Continent on every front", wrote J Kirchik, and the only solution is for the Russian regime to be "resisted, contained and ultimately dethroned". In an outpouring of pathological paranoia he accuses Russia of everything from attacking Georgia, interfering in Ukraine and taking advantage of the instability in Iraq. No one asked George Bush to kill Saddam Hussein or Obama to kill Muammar Gaddafi, thus throwing both countries into civil war. The paranoia has reached levels not seen since Joseph McCarthy's 'Reds under the Beds' campaign of the 1950s. While US banks are buying up Venezuelan bonds, also called 'Hunger Bonds', cheaply in the hope of extracting full repayment through US courts, Russia has just signed a deal worth $3.15 billion to restructure Venezuelan bonds. Perhaps, the rot is inside. Someone within the National Security Agency has leaked hacking tools to a group called the Shadow Brokers, who are releasing them online. The solution is simple. Lift sanctions and make friends with Russia. The real threats lie elsewhere.