The arguments here on the list that have been vigorously advanced in favor of lesser-of-two-evils support for the Democrats seem to me negated by the Russian people's experience alone. Of course, the Russians shouldn't feel singled out for abuse; when the definitive history of the Clinton years is written, I'm sure it will be entitled "Seduced and Abandoned."
>Without a doubt, the Clinton administration's biggest mistake with regard
>to relations with Russia was the war in Kosovo. The ramifications of that
>action are not obvious, but they will be more and more telling as time
>wears on. ... what was probably the worst thing about the Kosovo
>attack was that it convinced other countries around the world that it would
>only be able to protect itself against U.S. attack by owning its own
>nuclear weapons. As Williamson says, "Kosovo made it almost inevitable that
>other countries would try to acquire nuclear weapons from Russia. The
>attack made nuclear weapon ownership the standard for sovereignty." Having
>destroyed the rest of Russia's domestic industry through its economic
>programs, the Clinton administration almost singlehandedly revived the
>Russian military-industrial complex by creating markets for Russian weapons
>in third world countries spooked by the NATO action in Yugoslavia.
I have to agree that Clinton's wanton conduct in the military sphere poses more risks for the future than any of his other destructive actions, foreign or domestic. A front-page headline in the NY Times today reads: "Russia Is Pushing To Increase Share in Weapons Trade."
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