>From: Michael Pugliese <debsian at pacbell.net>
>
> Current issue of The Weekly Standard, has a review of, "Darkness at
>Dawn: The Rise of the Russian Criminal State, " by David Satter, who has
>written for the FT and WSJ. Published by Yale University Press.
I read all this stuff weeks before most people know it exists. It's my job. I get it in my email.
Burnham in his
>books in the 50's talked of WW3) and With that in mind, his book goes into
>the apartment bldg. bombing that propelled Putin into power, which came up
>on the list a few months ago after Barkey Rosser rejoined.
Putin was propelled into power by the bombings and the excursion into Dagestan. The latter was the trigger for the Second Chechen War.
(And, Chris, as I'm sure you know Fred Weir is on the left.
Only in the Washington Post definition of "left."
Is
>there any Western educated reporter in the fSU you like? Left, Right,
>center, nobody?
I haven't mentioned them, and posted them, many many many times. Anatol Lieven. Robert Bruce Ware. Matt Taibbi. Peter Lavelle. :)
>
>Following in the footsteps of numerous Russian and Western journalists,
>Satter lays out a persuasive case that the bomb in Ryazan was real, and was
>planted by the FSB itself as a provocation. If that's so, then the bombs
>that did explode also might have been the work of the Russian government,
>Satter suggests.
If it was laid by the FSB, it was a very incompetent FSB. The car had its license plate covered with cardboard.
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