October 10, 2015

"Early signs of Russian intent"

(Paul Mirengoff) That's the front page headline of today's Washington Post (paper edition). The story is about signs in August that Putin was mobilizing for a military offensive in Syria. Despite these signs, the Obama administration was "caught flat-footed" when the Russian offensive materialized two months later. In a larger sense, "Russian intent" has long been clear. Putin has said he consider the fall of Soviet power a geopolitical catastrophe. He wants

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