Yes, 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
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Who’s got Moscow’s Back?
August 20 | Posted by mrossol | Liberal Press, Middle East, Obama, Russia, The LeftWho 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
Putin Acts, Obama Assesses
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Crimea, Obama, Russia, UkraineAren’t you glad we have such a reflective President? ====== The White House on Monday said there was “overwhelming evidence” that Russia is stirring the unrest in eastern Ukraine, but President Obama hasn’t yet decided if further sanctions are warranted. That’s how the Associated Press put its dispatch from Washington on the crisis in Ukraine, and the juxtaposition is a perfect summary... Read more
Putin Acts, the West Talks
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | Crimea, Obama, Russia, The Leftf ========== President Obama and European leaders are ratcheting up their rhetoric against Russia. Too bad Vladimir Putin is a man of action who hasn’t seen anything worth stopping his assault on Ukraine. In the two weeks since Russia invaded Crimea, the U.S. has put a handful of unnamed officials in Moscow on a visa-ban list. The Europeans suspended talks on trade and... Read more
