so that even if the dems and the media soaked it all up because of their mindless prejudice towards Russia, and not realising they were just useful idiots, whoever it was in the Dems that concocted the whole idea was absolutely sure of what they were doing, and thought they could get away with it. And no, even if they haven't, they have reaped the benefits of more hot/cold war and more sanctions and more instability with fatter profits, and more ability to fight Russia with propaganda in other places, like Syria and Venezuela and Ukraine. FFS - where would we be now if we hadn't had TWO YEARS of this bloody f**king nonsense! I could get quite angry I think.