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August 1, 2008 - 3:35 pm - by Richard Fernandez
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2008-08-02 10:10:00

I don’t see how Putin would believe Russia would gain anything from America entering Iraq. Russia had some basic woes that Putin set out to fix: no pride, no economy, sub-replacement birthrate, large amount of organized crime, and a 50yr trend towards becoming a suburb of China. I’m just not seeing how “luring” America into Iraq helped Putin with those tasks.

Instead I think Putin, like GWB, made the best of the opportunities as they arose.