Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Don’t we all
Yet Kennan was largely the architect of our postwar containment policy that did indeed win the Cold War. and this is WIDELY recognized.
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Implying that the architect of the containment of the USSR and the winning of the Cold War knows nothing of Russian motivation is either naïveté bordering on foolishness or outright Sophistry.
You ought to read the aforementioned book.
Hub, for damn sure ought to read the book.
And Merry Christmas everyone.
I should clarify.
Kennan knew a great deal of Russian motivation for his time.
He could not know what motivates Putin, as it is a profoundly different time and Russia is profoundly different both geographically and politically from the USSR.