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| Mark Tansey, White on White |
Who'd'a'thunk it? ...That we'd be revisiting a world viewed as a battleground between the USA and Russia. Granted, it is looking a little bit weirder than last time, so to quote the father of communism himself, "History repeats itself, first as tragedy and then as farce."
I've always thought that farce had no teeth, but I am beginning to rethink that. I'm not feeling too comfortable right now. India has not weighed in yet, but the BRIC countries of Brazil and China are applauding Putin's words and actions and calling him a great leader. They seem to respect Vlad's strength and leadership and agree with his chastising of America. And believe you me, as a Brazilian myself, I really really get the impulse; but I really really know a little better than to give in to the impulse and applaud Vladimir as an impartial level-headed democratic leader acting on the behalf of the good of the world at large.
I can only conclude that we, as a species, are afflicted with severe amnesia at this point in our technological development. Putin, ex-KGB and dictator of Russia (regardless of what he tries to pass himself as), is anything but a freedom loving individual with any right to take up any high moral ground on any matter. He has proven, again and again, that he will not hesitate to trample over anybody's rights and life if said individual (or group of individuals) gets in his way. That he is successfully fashioning himself as holding the high moral ground in this "Syria theng" is pretty surreal and more than a little scary.
For a nice take on Vlad's editorial:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/358480/american-ineffectualism-mark-steyn
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