tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post8713911570394300401..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: How to Think About Vladimir PutinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-19372724601334812562017-11-22T07:41:45.749-05:002017-11-22T07:41:45.749-05:00So, we are seeing a replay of The Great Game, exce...So, we are seeing a replay of The Great Game, except without Great Britain? Sorry, but I just do not see the US filling those shoes. Interesting times.unreconstructed rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550310406767475723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-7388352005663578332017-11-22T07:32:34.523-05:002017-11-22T07:32:34.523-05:00Apart from the article hedging its best with the m...Apart from the article hedging its best with the mainstream Putin narrative, I would add that there is what I would consider an interesting difference between Putin and Ataturk, in that I would say that Ataturk tried to take Turkey in a direction against the inertia of the Turkish nation. He advocated radical secularism in a society that could not easily receive it - a bit of a square peg in a round whole. Today's Turkey probably more closely reflects what Turkey is 'naturally' like. Putin on the other hand is I think returning Russia to its natural path after decades of the communist imposition on Russia.Salaam Yitbarekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339219538874784056noreply@blogger.com