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aceful protest movement into a virtual civil war. But he still has a few friends in low places. The Iranians aren't giving up on him, and in Moscow Vladimir Putin won't abandon the son of the Soviet Union's favorite Arab tyrant, Hafez Assad. Far from it. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov last week reject

blatant interference in its internal affairs." The Kremlin's support makes it harder to ease Mr. Assad out peacefully in Damascus. But perhaps Mr. Putin's loyalty can be explained by the fact that he faces his own growing opposition. His ruling party cheated in December's parliamentary elections and

e Iranians aren't giving up on him, and in Moscow Vladimir Putin won't abandon the son of the Soviet Union'

d prune less essential commitments. That is perhaps the biggest failure of Obama's foreign policy thus far. Ted Galen Carpenter, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, is the author of eight books on international affairs. Jamie Fly: As Barack Obama seeks reelection, he will likely tout the country's counterter

ages Lose I-lope of Rebuilding • Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin Meet at Russia's Main Spaceport • Russia's

ussia's Main Spaceport • Wall Street Journal: Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin Meet at Russia's Main Spaceport • Washington Post: Kim Pledges to Back Putin's 'Sacred Struggle' During Rare Summit • Reuters: Kim Jong Un Meets Putin in Russia as Missiles Launch From North Korea Russia's Offensive to Rever

extensive notes of events witnessed, places visited and historymakers encountered (from Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev to Vaclav Havel and Vladimir Putin) to make a larger argument about the rise and then faltering of the project of building 'Europe whole and free'. He identifies 2008 as the beginning

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's The Difference..=804, As such, the inspiration of that reference today for me is Joh= Feffer's recent article in the Huffington Post t=tled — Is Putin Really as Foolish as We Are'?. Because you would think that after its own disastrous nine year wa= that resulted in almost 15, 000 Soviet deaths an

re than 53,000 wounde=, then watching the United States and its allies make the same folly for e=ually ridiculous reasons, one would think that even Vladimir Putinife=99s might be reluctant to enter into another war not directly on Russia4,=804,s borders. But then Richard Nixon, another Cold=Warrior, as we

least according to rece=t reports. Except that the success that anti-Assad forces have had w=th anti-tank missiles helped persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to =ntervene on the side of the Syrian government to forestall checkmate and p=olong stalemate. Since Putin is Russian, chess has been the go-to me

carried into operation. Social Security and Medicare will n=t be abolished and replaced by some elaborate system of savings accounts d=eamed up at the Cato Institute. These middle-class programs are too popula=, not least with Republican voters. A Republican president could unl=ash disastrous new wars of choice,