In Newsweek, Christohper Dickey, John Barry, and Owen Matthews have written a piece to let us know that Russia is not a formidable threat. The authors know this because of the following one-liner from State Department spokesman Sean McCormick: Sneering at the weakness of Russia’s fleet en route to Venezuela, McCormack said, “We’ll see if they actually make it there. Somebody told me they had a tugboat accompanying them in case they break down along the way.” Based on that point alone, we’re treated to three pages on how today’s Russia is more worthy of laughter than concern, and why, therefore, globally-minded “realists” in the State Department are winning the day with their laid-back approach to handling Moscow. The article closes on this cute note: So the fleet led by the Kirov-class guided missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky...
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