The Russian inferiority complex was on full display at the United Nations, with the Russian foreign minister blaming NATO, the West and the U.S. for destabilizing the world and interfering with Russian affairs.
He was referring to the illegal Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory, of course, and the Western and Arab decision to deal with the ISIS problem in Iraq and Syria. Putin’s also still seething about the Kosovo declaration of independence from Serbia and the quick Western recognition of Kosovo as a new nation. He’s also angry that the South Ossetian declaration of independence from Georgia has only been recognized by Russia and a couple of Russian allies.
Then there was the statement that the U.S. had to abandon it’s claim of “eternal uniqueness.” This guy needs to go back to grade school and learn that everyone is unique, and so is every nation. We teach our Young 5s to play nice with others, and to share. Russia’s the bully on the playground, taking other people’s stuff and breaking what it can’t have, like a petulant child. For a Russian strongman, he sure has thin skin.
Putin’s just upset that he can’t pull out the carving knife and start slicing off parts of other nations without economic consequences. The Russian ruble is down sharply since they started using their carving knife against Ukraine, and that’s probably going to worsen if Russia doesn’t start behaving and being a good neighbor.
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