“After the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russian influence collap...” — Simon Sebag Montefiore Quote

“After the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russian influence collapsed, and Moscow came to bitterly resent the Western interventions that destroyed Mr. Hussein and Colonel Qaddafi.”

“The disorder, uncertainty, and strife of a revolution make citizens yearn for stable authority, or they turn to radicalism.”

“In 1942, the Germans were running out of fuel. They were advancing so fast across the grasslands, the hot grasslands of south Russia, and the Russians were running out of tanks. And so both of them turned to cavalry, and there were great cavalry battles on the grasslands.”