Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Even though the United States is bogged down in two unwinnable wars, its economy is on the verge of collapse, it's saddled with a crumbling infrastructure and it has an administration that seems intent on frittering away the last bits of American credibility, there are still flag-waving patriots like Mr. Armstrong who want to dig the country still farther into a hole (Column: Go 'Captain Kirk' on Russia, Sept. 22).
While hard-pressed to defend the Putin administration, the Russians are merely borrowing plays out of the United States' game book. During the past eight years, the Bush administration has rewritten the laws of war that can now be boiled down to the simple axiom: Might makes right.
Instead of advising the United States to "crush Russia," I would strongly advise Mr. Armstrong to look in the mirror, and if he still feels the need to "promote democracy and self-determination" suggest he either visit the local military recruiter, or better yet, learn to go beyond the stereotypes and learn something genuine about today's Russia.
—Ray Finch is the assistant to the director at the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies.
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