As an American and one who tries hard to mine wisdom from our history in order to understand current and future events, I find it very difficult to trust the government of Russia. That’s a confession of a vice I try hard to overcome but without getting dreamy and delusional.

Teddy Roosveldt’s Secretary of State, Mr. Hay, put it succinctly:

“It is difficult to deal with the Russians, a people who have raised mendacity to a science.”

As to AL and his comments on the AmericanThinker piece, he’s saying stuff we all want to hear, but have trouble believing.

Now, if he really an FSB agent, I wonder if he would share with me the going subversion rates. Of course, one would think the market for subverters and traitors is pretty flooded these days.