If Russia continues down this path it will only isolate itself further, and risk war with its former subject states. Putin is bringing back the Cold War one power grab at a time.
"If Russia continues down this path it will only isolate itself further, and risk war with its former subject states. Putin is bringing back the Cold War one power grab at a time."
And don't think for a moment that Putin doesn't have designs on Western Europe and the EU. They have already signed bilateral treaties/agreements with France and Germany that require that they coordinate their respective foreign policies. Most people are not aware of this, but it is a very dangerous development.
Putin hasn't implimented anything that our allies: Britian, Italy and the countries of France and Germany don't already do. And nothing more stringent then our Patriot Act. TapTheSource(Allah) is a propagandist who posts yellow journalism and blames all terrorist attacks on Russia, KGB, etc and away from Islam. This is his 3rd reincarnation in less then 2 months.
Can you explain me why the imperfect (but still partially successful) rescue operations bring back the Cold War? Are you saying that Russia should submit to the terrorists same way as Serbia was required to do? Relevant quote below:
The government's recent catastrophic Beslan operation was a reenactment of the effort to "rescue" 2,000 people from Moscow's Dubrovka Theater, where the "new" KGB flooded the hall with fentanyl gas and caused the death of 129 hostages.
Should Russia be bombed by NATO/US, should Putin be delivered to the Hague and should Maskhadov/Basayev become rulers of the Caucasus and southern Russia?