CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS October 18, 2015 17:02:00
Or washington as acquiescent. it's true that it's been a quarter century since moscow has been so interventionist outside its borders. the last time it made these kinds of moves in the late 1970s and 1980 it invaded afghanistan and intervened in other countries as well. back then commentators similarly hailed those actions as signs that moscow was winning the cold war. now, how did that work out for the soviet union? washington foreign policy elites have developed a mind set that mistakes activity for achievement. they assume that every crisis can and should be solved by a vigorous assertion o...