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The modern persistence of tyrants (anachronistic) - elte - Mar 12, 2022
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/vladimir-putin-tyrant
Quote: When Vladimir Putin sent Russian forces into Crimea in 2014, then-Secretary of State John Kerry professed bewilderment that such imperial aggression could happen in the modern age.
RE: The modern persistence of tyrants (anachronistic) - Magical Realist - Mar 12, 2022
(Mar 12, 2022 01:45 PM)elte Wrote: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/vladimir-putin-tyrant
Quote: When Vladimir Putin sent Russian forces into Crimea in 2014, then-Secretary of State John Kerry professed bewilderment that such imperial aggression could happen in the modern age.
That's what struck me when I saw videos of Russian tanks and trucks gathering at the Ukraine border. This is so World War 2, like watching an old war movie. I thought we were over that shit.
RE: The modern persistence of tyrants (anachronistic) - elte - Mar 12, 2022
For sure