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Was
it not predictable that Russia, a great power that had just seen its
neighbor yanked out of Russia’s orbit by a U.S.-backed coup in Kiev,
would move to protect a strategic position on the Black Sea she has held
for two centuries?
by Patrick J. Buchanan
Vladimir
Putin seems to have lost touch with reality, Angela Merkel reportedly
told Barack Obama after speaking with the Russian president. He is “in
another world.”
“I agree with what Angela Merkel said … that he is in another world,” said Madeleine Albright, “It doesn’t make any sense.”
John
Kerry made his contribution to the bonkers theory by implying that
Putin was channeling Napoleon: “You don’t just, in the 21st century,
behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on a
completely trumped-up pretext.”
Now that Putin has taken Crimea without firing a shot, and 95 percent of a Crimean electorate voted Sunday to reunite with Russia, do his decisions still appear irrational?
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