> One hardly needs to regard Putin as a saint to see how Western observers’ two-dimensional idea of him as a scheming supervillain blinds them to the way these security concerns play into his actions. Putin’s war with Georgia and annexation of Crimea are read in the United States as Hitlerian expansionism, but they were in large part motivated by fears of NATO expanding up to his doorstep.
I’m sure Jacobin Mag is sympathetic to our reasons for invading Iraq…
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> One hardly needs to regard Putin as a saint to see how Western observers’ two-dimensional idea of him as a scheming supervillain blinds them to the way these security concerns play into his actions. Putin’s war with Georgia and annexation of Crimea are read in the United States as Hitlerian expansionism, but they were in large part motivated by fears of NATO expanding up to his doorstep.
I’m sure Jacobin Mag is sympathetic to our reasons for invading Iraq…
Wow, author is and idiot