Russia and Afghanistan
"Liberalism is defeated, and America is in retreat."
Sorry that I had been away. The tragedy in Afghanistan got me busy on several fronts, and it has been mentally taxing. I have written quite a few articles about it that I will link to at the end of this post. For now, I’ll talk about Russia’s view of the catastrophe there, and I will follow up soon with a similar post on Iran.
The Kremlin is yet to make …
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