Defending Manafort is not the point. Paul Manafort is rich enough to defend himself. The point is his blood in the water, his being attacked by the sharks who inhabit Washington and the media for no reasons other than to promote an anti-Russian policy and an anti-Trump coup. The point is that the Washington sharks are anti-Russian in the same way that their predecessors were anti-Communist. Anyone who had a brush with communists or communism was a target then. Anyone who has anything to do with Russia or deviates from the anti-Russian line can become an instant target today. That … Continue reading Sharks Circling Paul Manafort Are Enemies of Dissent