GOING AFTER RUSSIA – AT 11:34 A.M. ET:  One of the absurd things about the inquiries into alleged Trump collusion with Russia, is the way in which the media avoids covering the president's actual policies toward Russia.   In fact, he is far tougher on Moscow than Field Marshal Obama ever dreamed of being.   We're seeing it right now.  From the Washington Free Beacon: 

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Monday criticized Russian efforts to "whitewash" the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons.

Haley said at a U.N. Security Council meeting that reports of a chlorine gas attack on Sunday followed "a troubling pattern" in Syria, where Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has repeatedly used chemical weapons on his own people. She laid out expectations for Syria to destroy its chemical weapons arsenal under the Chemical Weapons Convention and U.N. Security Council resolution 2118, but implicated Russia in protecting Assad.

"It's a true tragedy that Russia has sent us back to square one in the effort to end chemical weapons use in Syria," Haley said. "But we will not cease in our efforts to know the truth of the Assad regime and ensure that truth is known and acted on by the international community."

She argued that Russia's actions to prevent accountability is detrimental to the U.N.'s credibility.

"So what do the American people see? What do people of all countries see?" Haley asked. "They see a council that can't agree to take action, even after the investigative mechanism created by this council found that the Assad regime used chemical weapons."

She said evidence of dozens of victims in the latest attack led the U.S. to propose a statement condemning it, but Russia has delayed the statement.  

COMMENT:  Not exactly a love fest with Moscow.  As usual, our heroine, Nikki Haley, was terrific.  But I wish "journalists" would look at this administration's actual policy toward the Russians.  It's tough and realistic, and Putin cannot be happy.

February 6, 2018