I have figured his adventurism in the Ukraine would come back to bite Putin in the ass, because they almost always do. But I was imagining the intermediate future. But I agree with
Josh Marshall, the inevitable has happened, just in a different way than most anyone imagined.
Rising Hegemon
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Josh needs to Google "Iran Air Flight 655" before waxing quite so poetic on how the game has changed.
Marshall: "This is a f'-up on Putin's part of almost mind-boggling proportions."
Hmm. Let's just back up a minute. This conflict started because the U.S. backed a right-wing coup against an elected government, and mostly because that government wasn't playing pattycake nicely enough with our energy and agricultural multinationals. Moreover, this conflict is deeply associated with an ongoing program by the U.S. to economically and militarily isolate Russia, using NATO expansion and missile defense to put Russia under greater threat.
Putin's an autocratic jerk, that's understood, but, if we're going to assign blame, let's also look at origins.
the stupidity of evil.
B b b b but W looked into his soul, and saw good?
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