Friends, New York Times contributor Anatol Lieven, also an expert on Russia even though he is now working on Middle East issues, makes perfect sense in urging US-Russia rapprochement. Washington’s policy recently has created more chaos and potential confrontation between Russia and our country than the world can afford. When Congressmen urge “getting tougher” on Russia and Putin, what does this mean? Are they serious? Do they still see themselves as gun slingers in the Wild West?
Let’s hope that the NYT prints more of this kind of questioning of assumptions of current political leaders. After all they will be leaving their posts and the rest of us will have to deal with the consequences left by them.
Show this to your friends and families, particularly those who have been taken in by the Wild West lore of bygone decades.
– Sharon