THE COST OF WEAKNESS – AT 10:08 A.M. ET:  We have one more explanation for why Hillary Clinton lost the election.  I'm so excited to know all this.  From The Hill:   

The Obama administration decided not to retaliate against Russia for interfering in the election because they did not want to start a cyber war and they expected Hillary Clinton to win, NBC News reported Thursday.

"They thought she was going to win, so they were willing to kick the can down the road," an official told the outlet.

President-elect Donald Trump, who has dismissed assessments that Russia tried to influence the outcome of the election, raised the question on Thursday.

“If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?” Trump tweeted.

President Obama promised in an interview with NPR that aired Friday morning that the U.S. would retaliate against Russia over its suspected interference.

“I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections, that we need to take action and we will — at a time and place of our own choosing,” he said.

"Some of it may be explicit and publicized, some of it may not be,” Obama added.

COMMENT:  Yeah – "at a time and place of our own choosing."  Last time I heard those words they were uttered by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, in the 1950s.

I doubt if Obama will actually do anything.  He only has a month left, and it is now announced that he's going on another Hawaiian vacation.  Russia?  Who care about Russia?

December 16, 2016