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> the trust that was growing at that time and the hope we all began to take for granted > my kid You can't make this shit up.
by musage 9y ago
> the trust that was growing at that time and the hope we all began to take for granted
> my kid
You can't make this shit up.
- DubiousPusher 9y agoWell, that seems dismissive in a needlessly rude way. I agree that realpolitik drives a great many of the decisions of government and that the true motivations are often papered over with slogans and feel good messages. On the other hand, diplomats aren't all hard-bitten cynics. Many of them are very passionate about the areas of the world they help make policy around. The results are often a tension between the two. I think by the mid nineties, a lot of people were very hopeful about the opening of Russia. Joining the Eastern block nations to NATO didn't have the same conotation it would have had in 1991 or today for that matter. On this we disagree but we might agree on a lot actually. There seems no need to be snide.