Re: A VIEW FROM PAKISTAN...(WHAT THE WORLD REALLY THINKS)

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>The post is intended to show how people are viewing the US, from outside.
>What seems to be true of Putin is: he is resisting the US.
>Evidence: the
>full scale fight back against the Chechen "rebels", the threat to use
nuclear
>weapons to protect Russia, increased coordination of defense with
Belorussia,
>apparently stronger stance on Yugoslavia - and much increased attacks in the
>Western press.
>
>Best
>Jared

You have to dig a lot deeper than this. Clinton offered Putin the services
of the FBI to track down Chechen "terrorists" and defended the siege of
Grozny in a January Time Magazine article. I have no idea what you mean by
a "stronger" stance on Yugoslavia. This is sort of like closing the barn
door after the horse has fled. In general the left has no business giving
any kind of political credit to Putin, who is a Yeltsinite through and
through.

Louis Proyect
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