Russia: the forever mystery. ====== WSJ 3/11/2017 By Mikhail Khodorkovsky Russia went glaringly absent from President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress last week. Although Russians expect relations with Washington to change, they are anxiously asking how. Will Mr. Trump confront Moscow with the brash rhetoric he has directed at others? Will he be President Vladimir Putin’s lap dog, as many American critics and Kremlin... Read more
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America’s Decadent Leadership Class
October 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Noonan, RussiaHit nail on head! ========= It is quite dreadful and a showing of the gravest disrespect that, if U.S. intelligence agencies are correct, Russia’s Vladimir Putin has inserted himself into America’s presidential election. And it could not have deeper implications. If Russia is indeed behind the leaks of the emails of Democratic Party operatives Mr. Putin may have many reasons, as he often... Read more
Who’s got Moscow’s Back?
August 20 | Posted by mrossol | Liberal Press, Middle East, Obama, Russia, The LeftYes, let’s not forget to tell the whole story… ============= WSJ 8/18/2016 By Sohrab Ahmari Donald Trump’s fondness for Vladimir Putin emerged during the GOP primary, when he refused to condemn the Russian dictator for murdering dissident journalists. Since then the New Yorker hasn’t backed away from positions on NATO, Ukraine and Syria that have no doubt gone down well in Moscow. Then again, so... Read more
Who Lost Saudi Arabia?
January 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Obama, RussiaHe is negotiating with Iran and Russia. He snubs his nose at the Saudis, at Israel, at Egypt. Let me ask: Who are our friends? Who are the enemy? And Obama thinks he is the smartest guy on the planet. ========= WSJ Jan. 3, 2016 5:20 p.m. That headline question may seem premature, but it’s worth asking if only to reduce the... Read more
Polish Candor for Europe
December 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, RussiaThe least I can say is that my father was born in Poland. I am fortunate. ============ ‘Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” Henry Kissinger once asked. After Monday’s changing of the guard atop the EU, there’s Donald Tusk. The new president of the European Council, a group of the leaders of EU member states, brings a clear-eyed geopolitical... Read more
Matthew Kaminski: The West Leaves Ukraine to Putin – WSJ.com
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, Russia, UkraineWith friends like the USA, who needs enemies? ======= By MATTHEW KAMINSKI CONNECT Updated April 14, 2014 5:39 a.m. ET Kiev, Ukraine ‘We’re the chosen generation,” says Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine’s interim prime minister. He’s referring to all those who made this winter’s European revolution. For the first time since 1654, when Ukrainian Cossacks formed a fateful alliance with Moscow against Polish rulers, Ukrainians are heading... Read more
