Charles Krauthammer pointed out the problem with American officials thinking that they know more about Russia’s interests than the Russians do, and he also said that such thinking has had negative consequences in the Middle East: I am always a little bit wary about American secretaries of state or defense trying to instruct the Russians on what’s in the Russian national interest. I would think that the Russians have a better idea of that. It brings me back to John Kerry telling the Russians it was a mistake to go into Ukraine and to take Crimea. I think it has …read more
Source: National Review
