Но нынешняя еще веселее. Комментирует генерал Хайден:
In the middle of Tuesday’s presidential walkback about Russian election interference, I couldn’t (or maybe I could, I’m not sure) help but think of a scene from the 1997 comedy “Excess Baggage.” In the scene, would-be car thief but inadvertently-turned-kidnapper Benicio del Toro asks his unexpected victim Alicia Silverstone, who had been hiding in the trunk of her dad’s expensive car, “How stupid do you think I am?” To which Silverstone replies, “How stupid is there?” To my mind, that just about sums it up when it comes to the president’s view of the American people. <...> Americans are not stupid. But they are busy. They cannot afford the time to parse out these events the way a retired or current director of this or that agency can. The president is counting on that. But the truth of the matter is that the American government knows what happened, and what continues to happen. The American government, as opposed to the president, continues to state that truth. That is an amazing state of affairs, but it is where we are. We should at least be grateful that some very senior people seem willing to die on this hill on our behalf. http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/397870-american-government-will-keep-fighting-to-state-truth-on-russia
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Но нынешняя еще веселее. Комментирует генерал Хайден:
In the middle of Tuesday’s presidential walkback about Russian election interference, I couldn’t (or maybe I could, I’m not sure) help but think of a scene from the 1997 comedy “Excess Baggage.” In the scene, would-be car thief but inadvertently-turned-kidnapper Benicio del Toro asks his unexpected victim Alicia Silverstone, who had been hiding in the trunk of her dad’s expensive car, “How stupid do you think I am?” To which Silverstone replies, “How stupid is there?” To my mind, that just about sums it up when it comes to the president’s view of the American people. <...>
Americans are not stupid. But they are busy. They cannot afford the time to parse out these events the way a retired or current director of this or that agency can. The president is counting on that. But the truth of the matter is that the American government knows what happened, and what continues to happen. The American government, as opposed to the president, continues to state that truth. That is an amazing state of affairs, but it is where we are. We should at least be grateful that some very senior people seem willing to die on this hill on our behalf.
http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/397870-american-government-will-keep-fighting-to-state-truth-on-russia