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Tuesday, September 02, 2014
Thank you, David Brooks
Last Friday I argued that our foreign policy is crippled by false assumptions about the course of history. Today David Brooks of the NY Times confirmed exactly what I had said.
"The venture by President Vladimir Putin of Russia into Ukraine, for all its thuggery,.."
That's rich. After everything, all the $ ("We've spent $5B fomenting unrest in Ukraine since '91", Victoria Nuland) and the NGO meddling the US has inflicted on this horribly snakebite part of the world.
"The venture by President Vladimir Putin of Russia into Ukraine, for all its thuggery,.."
ReplyDeleteThat's rich. After everything, all the $ ("We've spent $5B fomenting unrest in Ukraine since '91", Victoria Nuland) and the NGO meddling the US has inflicted on this horribly snakebite part of the world.
"Irony stands mute", Jozef Stalin
Very good. Well worth reading.
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