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Trouble in the Caucasus

August 8, 2008 - 3:25 am - by Richard Fernandez
Cannoneer No. 4
2008-08-09 10:12:46

programmer, you are free to give the Soviets the benefit of as much doubt as you think they deserve. My tours along the Frontiers of Freedom a quarter century ago and what I saw of the Soviet legacy in Afghanistan three years ago leave me in no doubt.

Ronaldus Magnus tagged them as The Evil Empire. They folded, but were not subjugated, conquered, purged or decommunized, and now their reconstitution is a fait accompli.