29/08/2008
In Wednesday's
Wall Street Journal Bret Stephens's column argued something we have been saying on this blog for a long time: Russiaâs flaying about and bullying neighbouring smaller and weaker countries are not a sign of strength, no matter what most of the media repeats
ad nauseam; it is a sign of weakness.
Putin, supposedly the strong man of Russia and of the whole Eurasian sphere, has demonstrated his and his government's weakness on a number of occasions, in the international and, more importantly, the domestic arena.
Continued on
EU Referendum 2.
In Wednesday's Wall Street Journal Bret Stephens's column argued something we have been saying on this blog for a long time: Russiaâs flaying about and bullying neighbouring smaller and weaker countries are not a sign of strength, no matter what most of the media repeats ad nauseam; it is a sign of weakness.