Fareed Zakaria was talking to a Polish diplomat.
“Will Ukraine ever manage to become an independent country?” he asked.
The diplomatic Pole tried not to look as appalled as he obviously felt.
“Erm. Ukraine IS an independent country,” he said. “And has been one since 1991.”
“Yeah, but I mean, you know, many people in Russia believe that Ukraine is a part of Russia. I mean, Putin must definitely think that, right?”
The Pole looked desperate and tried to explain about the Budapest accords, but the journalist was obviously bored with all these unexciting facts and wanted to return to his fantasies about the thought processes of Putin.
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It’s unfathomable why Fareed Zakaria and Tom Friedman are considered ‘public intellectuals’ (wtf does this term mean anyway?) in this country. Dunces.
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I forgot to mention that the program culminated with cheerful quoting of Samuel Huntington and his Clash of Civilizations. If anything is likely to raise my blood pressure, it’s this.
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A country gets the intellectuals it deserves.
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