tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post3729904597316952989..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Conflict HistoryAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-36269079703382141722022-03-08T22:25:46.724-05:002022-03-08T22:25:46.724-05:00It's a good article, and I have forwarded it t...It's a good article, and I have forwarded it to a fewAssistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-18910688412710126242022-03-08T17:11:40.247-05:002022-03-08T17:11:40.247-05:00Razib's latest SubStack post is enlightening, ...Razib's latest SubStack post is enlightening, too.Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-16206260470296184622022-03-08T08:24:42.151-05:002022-03-08T08:24:42.151-05:00While there certainly are people using the 'NA...While there certainly are people using the 'NATO expansion provoked Putin' argument to absolve him of responsibility for death and destruction in Ukraine, there are deep cultural, historical, and geopolitical roots to his project of Russian expansionism. If he does get, as I saw one wag put it, a 9mm resignation request that might resolve the current crisis but anybody who takes the seat of power in Moscow is going to be subjected to similar pressures. We need to figure out how we are going to manage them.Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.com