tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28067977.post3730663301608372436..comments2023-10-28T09:05:13.732-05:00Comments on russia's true tales of terra: (FT) Heated words have no place in a post-cold war worldnikolay i.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17896880280040170229noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28067977.post-4667127654500248022008-01-03T03:17:00.000-06:002008-01-03T03:17:00.000-06:00Braithwaite's right--and you're right, too:I'm an ...Braithwaite's right--and you're right, too:<BR/><BR/>I'm an American conservative, though I think the Iraq War easily one of the most unnecessary and foolishly-planned conflicts in our history. On a bit of a different note, when the Cold War ended--or so our politicians said it ended--I thought it incredibly arrogant of our leaders to gloat over the economic misery that followed in the wake of the USSR's crash. For the life of me, I can't understand why we issue such heated and heedless rhetoric the Russians' way particularly now, precisely when we could vitally use their assistance in the war on terrorism.<BR/><BR/>On Braithwaite's "Moscow: 1941"--<BR/><BR/>Good book, indeed, though I think he's a bit too easy on Stalin at times. Too bad the Politburo didn't toss Stalin out on his head the moment party bosses visited his "Nearby Dacha" as the Germans were crossing the Soviet frontier. Who knows just how cordial western relations with Moscow might have become had different Soviet leadership assumed control in that long-ago summer of 1941.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com