narciso
2008-09-07 13:00:14
You forgot that little thing called the Crimean War. The essential insight was one that long time Russian observer George Kennan (and in a different way) so did Whittaker Chambers figure out. Russian expansionism is manifest in Soviet
foreign policy as well as the Putin neo-Czarist
model; where President Medveyev serves the role of PM like Tolstoy, Witte, Stolypin, and Putin
is the power behind the throne. Considering that
Shamanov of Chechnya is the ground forces commander there (think Custer/Dade et al)I doubt any humanitarian moves on his part.
