So I noted last week that Vladi Putin's Russia is selling diesel submarines to Venezuela. Now it comes out that they're also selling advanced warplanes to Syria. As the Economist has ably noted for months now, Russia has been throwing its economic weight around in Europe through manipulation of its natural gas exports. What's also emerging is a pattern of their trying to influence world affairs without using their military, which is hardly able to do so anymore. I'll have enormous respect for any presidential candidate that find the cajones to publicly denounce Putin and his meddling.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
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