In Ukraine, Any Accident Could Turn a Crisis Into a Catastrophe - CounterPunch.org

In Ukraine, Any Accident Could Turn a Crisis Into a Catastrophe - CounterPunch.org: It is conventional wisdom to say that dictators like Putin and Saddam Hussein are particularly prone to an exaggerated idea of their own strength and of the weakness of their enemies. This is true enough of Putin in Ukraine, as it was for Saddam Hussein’s invasions of Iran in 1980 and Kuwait in 1990. But George W Bush and Tony Blair were equally hubristic in Afghanistan in 2001 and in Iraq in 2003.