No Surprise in Russian Reveal of Disdain for World that Does Not Share Russian Dreams of Superiority

Submitted by M Tovey (United States), Sep 6, 2022 at 10:47

In Dr. Pipes topic heading "Putin's Invasion Scrambles the West" and its companion "Take Vladimir Putin's NuclearThreats Seriously," we are absorbed into a situation that many have already endured in many lifetimes and yet, here we are; and are set to be traumatized even more tragically for the personal lifetime ambitions of one who was schooled and indoctinated in such a way that only understanding the fragmented assembly of political horrors that the last generation endured and died for at the hand of the Georgian predecessor of the Russian. While it may be said that the last generations' horrors were unique to those times, modern adherents to the 'Stalinist' nightmare of governance never cease to promulgate the psychologically tiresome threats to the freedom of seeking a peaceful life while running the race of mortal experiences that are accorded to each and every one who entered humanity's travels and must face the process; yet who in their right mind would think it needs to be at the behest of one like the Russian; or other similar actors of history's nightmares.
Folks, the Russian's announcement of a 'Russian World' foreign policy is nothing more than revealing a session of internalized disappointments that life does not fully comport to a set of idealized but abberational views of a socialistically controlled environment that requires radical treatements to make it real.
Here is one observer that thinks it's too bad that Richard Pipes is not here to help make some sense of it all.

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".