Our Domestic Political Quandary on Russia

By Wayne Merry | http://www.kennan-russiafile.org/2016/10/11/our-domestic-political-quandary-on-russia/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWmpBNE56STBNek5rWWpNeiIsInQiOiJodW4zTUFhYmUyWldsZzZHZmNaWEd1ZVM5SmZyelNcL2YxY0JpSlJldnZNcXVHYndJeEc4cTBVeGVhaCtRNXBWUisxTVE0WXd5TFRJbTlod1NOcGVRbmFOXC9jQ1NQUGtWTXVFTnkxdFVEWUdNPSJ9

Among the casualties of American presidential politics is the prospect of improved relations with Russia.
The absence of basic civility – on both sides – in the public rhetoric between Washington and Moscow mirrors the political vitriol of the American presidential contest.  As a citizen of the Great Republic (a traditional phrase I employ without embarrassment), I am deeply concerned with both.
I sat among the audience in St. Louis for the “town hall” second debate between the major party candidates.  Often, I turned my eyes away from the stage.  The most pertinent question of the evening came early from a local resident who expressed concern that the contest for the highest office in the land might not be fit for family viewing or exposure to children. http://www.kennan-russiafile.org/2016/10/11/our-domestic-political-quandary-on-russia/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWmpBNE56STBNek5rWWpNeiIsInQiOiJodW4zTUFhYmUyWldsZzZHZmNaWEd1ZVM5SmZyelNcL2YxY0JpSlJldnZNcXVHYndJeEc4cTBVeGVhaCtRNXBWUisxTVE0WXd5TFRJbTlod1NOcGVRbmFOXC9jQ1NQUGtWTXVFTnkxdFVEWUdNPSJ9