[black6]

From a nation-state perspective I would hope they attempt to interfere in the elections of their national rivals in order to eke out an advantage on the global playing field, just as I expect my own government to be doing the same.

[DoofusOfDeath]

I can't reconcile that with America's stated goal of promoting democracy in those same countries.

[beachwood23]

Can you reconcile this with our history of meddling in other country's elections?

From 2017, we influenced the French election: http://www.theamericanmirror.com/obama-meddles-french-electi...

American involvement in other other countries's leadership is so prevalent that there is a Wikipedia page for it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...

[davidw]

Endorsing a candidate is not "meddling in elections". Anyone trying to sell that line is not on the level.

There certainly have been plenty of instances of the US doing very bad things globally (your second link is very much legit), but I guess the stated goal of spreading democracy is better than whatever straight up authoritarian states like Russia are peddling, even if it can be frustrating when things fail to live up to the ideal.

I think you can certainly argue for less US involvement abroad and still view Russia's actions in a very, very poor light.