<DIV>That Russia is no longer in that situation seems to be one of the only positive things Putin thinks about the collapse of the USSR, from what I can gather from his public statements. (And that Russia no longer wastes money, in his view, on funding revolutions and socialist governments abroad. There are a number of Soviet jokes in which Castro is depicted as sucking on Brezhnev's teat.)<BR><BR><B><I>Doug Henwood <dhenwood@panix.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><BR><BR>Which is the story of much of the Soviet experience, no? A couple of <BR>world wars, a civil war, a cold war, international isolation, etc. It <BR>wasn't an environment in which DSA types could calmly make policy in <BR>a peaceful democratic setting.<BR><BR>Doug<BR>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p>
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