“Never interrupt an enemy while he is making a mistake.” Vladimir Putin might not hold Napoleon in reverence, but these days he could surely relate to perhaps his most famous dictum. Just a few weeks back, the United States, most of the European Union, and several other states united in a common front to expel more than 100 Russian diplomats (or, shall we say, diplomatic officers) in response to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in the English town of Salisbury. The Transatlantic bond looked as firm as ever, never mind Brexit, Trump, and the rest—that is, until the …read more
Source: The American Interest
