Just someone who thinks like him.

Parry's bio reveals your basic lefty journalist. And besides, I'm not saying he's lying. In fact, I'm with him 100% on the Iran Contra and October Surprise stuff. I'm just saying that here he's very cleverly pushing one side of the story, just like Bolshie Bob did. You know, "alternate facts", are not necessarily "fake news".

I'm sure that the Russian government, and Putin in particular, sincerely believe America is out to destroy Russia by frustrating all its legitimate foreign policy goals, and that Obama/Clinton were orchestrating the whole thing. They believe they are in the right and have the moral high ground. They see their meddling in US elections is just fair
turnaround for US interference in Ukranian politics. If Russia had been involved in Mexican or Canadian elections don't you think we'd be raising a stink about it?

This isn't about who's right or who's wrong. Its not about good and evil. This is all a gray and indistinct area, where morality and boundaries are slippery and there are no heroes or villains. But its still war, and we all, sooner or later, are going to have to pick sides.

PS
I made some edits in my post and you probably missed them because you were posting at the same time. You might want to re-read my post above.