Monday, March 3, 2014

The Crimea: the West has faced Russia there before

Crimean Khanate around 1600
Crimean Khanate around 1600 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
What's going on there now is not a revival of the late, great Cold War.
http://ricknoack.com/2014/03/02/why-the-crimean-conflict-is-not-a-new-cold-war/

But it does carry echoes of a century and a half earlier, when the British Empire and its French allies faced off against the Bear.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War

The last time around is best remembered for the charge of the light brigade:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyqcZMsBOU4

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