“We should all be aware of the fact that when revolutionary – not evolutionary – changes come, things can get even worse. The intelligentsia should be aware of this. And it is the intelligentsia specifically that should keep this in mind and prevent society from radical steps and revolutions of all kind. We’ve had enough of it. We’ve seen so many revolutions and wars. We need decades of calm and harmonious development.”

AP.  “10 interesting things Russia’s Putin told the AP.”  September 4, 2013.

Yes, sir!  Says I, but, say, didn’t you put Maher al-Assad back in the fray?

We’re not going to get away from Syria’s chief challenge and problem, i.e., that of an absent middle or moderating political base that has left much of the the conflict “on the ground” to tyrants and extremists.

The AP interview covers, among a few other items, Putin’s views on CWs, S-300s, Obama, Snowden, gays, and terrorists.

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