Comments on: Good News for John LeCarré!

By: Fred Z

Fred Z — Mon, 14 May 2007 06:15:16 +0000

Since the wall fell I have re-read all of Le Carre’s books.

He was never any good. Dull, dull, dull.

Even worse, he now seems to me to have been on ‘their’ side. His books were pure pessimism, oozing a sense of “Resistance is useless, the socialists will win, because their system is better.”

Now I’ve read a bit of his post communism enviro – nutter – evil – corporations – bad – Jews – poor – little – Arab – boys – tailor – gullible – spies stuff I’m even more convinced his work belongs on the trash heap of history.

By: Macker

Macker — Sat, 12 May 2007 14:15:49 +0000

Um Roger…Boris Nikolayevich stood on top of a tank…

By: Interested Conservative

Interested Conservative — Fri, 11 May 2007 18:14:24 +0000

While we all watch for events to unfold in Esotnia, Belarus, and The Ukraine, I wonder if the Russians are watching events unfold to their east?

Also, it’s fascinating to be “obliquely compared” to Nazi foreign policy by a country that actually shared Nazi foreign policy, until that came to an unfortunate end. I wonder if anyone bothered to point this out, at least editorially.

By: Bostonian

Bostonian — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:20:42 +0000

A Russian comrade of me mentioned the internal passport you have to use in Russia (even now). I expressed astonishment at such a law.

He got very defensive.

At least *one* Russian really really does not understand the idea of law being written by the people for the people.

By: Lem

Lem — Thu, 10 May 2007 17:54:44 +0000

Putin is doing his own version of ‘Wag the dog’.

By: Robert Schwartz

Robert Schwartz — Thu, 10 May 2007 17:53:21 +0000

A couple of weeks ago we had the rare treat of seeing a brilliant company of famous actors (including Ethan Hawke, Billy Crudup, Jennifer Ehle and Amy Irving) perform Tom Stoppard

By: jedrury

jedrury — Thu, 10 May 2007 15:35:51 +0000

It is fair to ask if American public opinion, as presented in our media, has ever really understood Russia as a complex country with a deep history of attraction to, and aversion towards, the West. The recent anti-Putin articles and books focus on the Russian mob, the KGB, the Litvinenko killing, the Khordorkovsky prosecution when far more significant events are occurring in Russia. See the Wall Street Journal

By: Sandy P

Sandy P — Thu, 10 May 2007 14:49:31 +0000

100 million red staters holding off the world……

By: Sandy P

Sandy P — Thu, 10 May 2007 14:49:02 +0000

Only we thought it was over, they never thought it was over, they just went quiet for 20 years until 9/11…….