The Russians Are Not the Great Power That They Thought They Were

Lawrence freedman: I think people thought that the russians must have sorted out some of their problems, because since chechne, their military operations have been at least successful. And now there's as sort of stoicism on the russian side, which is still evident. You know, they haven't all collapsed in a heap in the fighting, but there's not a llot of loyalty shown by officers to men and men to officers. That, again, affects your ability to fight. So, no, i wasn't wholly surprised. There were big inefficiencies in the way that the rRussians were using their armed forces. Also, they just don't treat