...someone belonging to the professional worrier class. And that's too bad. Neocons have done a good job of selling the idea that Putinism is putanism. What do you propose should be done about it? The State Department and the Pentagon have become a state within a state, operating to advance the ideology (and private advantage) of a select group. Mrs. Robert Kagan's actions translate into "fuck the interests of Americans". I mean, calling neocon foreign policy stupid does it credit. But as there is little awareness, let alone understanding, of what's really going on I think muddling through a mess of our own creation is the best we can hope for. If you have a more optimistic outlook, hey, I'm all ears.