I'm not going to defend how the US and other countries handled things after the cold war. However, from either a guest on his show or in an article Fareed Zakaria had written, a convincing argument was made (well, convincing to me) that the west had not only mishandled the situation, but vastly underestimated the number of hardliners in the Russian government in the 90s. And that this significantly contributed to the situation we have now. Anyway, whether you'd agree with this or not, I'll leave it at that. For now, at least. Plus I think I've wandered off the thread's topic. As always.
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