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The Russians are not our friends. They are our enemies. Today wherever an AK-47 opposes an American soldier, communism is there. Vladimir Putin is a student of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.

The core values of Presidents Eisenhower and Reagan offer opposition to communism in any form. The Russian oligarchy opposes the very concept of a democracy. Within their own country, freedom of speech has been trampled if not by arrest then by assassination. Scores of journalists have been murdered to date.

As a former Vietnam veteran and intelligence specialist, I believe I have a good understanding of Russias motives for tampering with our democracy. There are three reasons: One is to make up for the embarrassment they suffered with the breakup of the Soviet Union. The second is to discourage democracy across the globe. Finally, they want to be the most powerful county in the world to the detriment of the United States.

Recently the Senate overwhelmingly passed the Russian sanctions bill. The senators who regularly receive intelligence briefings on Russians' clandestine motives against the U.S. understand what is going on.

Now the president, who has dismissed our own intelligence communities opinion and supported Russia, has put in power as the White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci. He told the Russian news agency TASS that he did not support the sanctions, saying the sanctions probably galvanized the nation with the nations president. Putin is promoting the downfall of democracy.

Michael Phelan Shrewsbury

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