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August 17, 2008 - 5:51 am - by Richard Fernandez
Larry
2008-08-17 08:13:05

Why keep mentioning Putin? His army invaded Georgia while he was at the Olympics. He hasn’t been seen or heard from since he left Beijing. Would he have let a Soviet-era general make a crude threat of nuclear attack against Poland, a NATO member? Notice that neither the Russian foreign minister nor the Russian president objected to the general’s threat. Is Putin still in charge, or is it the Russian military?