by Chris Black
These are the people actually controlling the Kremlin. The people in charge aren’t the oligarchs, they are anti-American ideologues who believe in something akin to what Pat Buchanan promotes.
This is a brilliant, brilliant piece by Anatol Lieven on Putin’s inner circle: https://t.co/0XNAQjN8vN
— Stephen Bush (@stephenkb) March 11, 2022
On a side note, I doubt anyone in Washington has given this any thought, but the Javelins, MANPADs, TOWs, etc they are flooding Ukraine with are going to end up on the black market.
Expect a rise in commercial airplanes being shot down all over the world in the next decade.
And remember where you read it first.