So Vladimir Putin ‘has isolated himself, as seen
in the cold shoulder other leaders gave him at the G20 meeting’ (The West
rationalises away Putin’s aggressive actions, November 19). But if the
other leaders gave him the cold shoulder, demonstrably it was they who were
isolating Putin. Such behaviour –
leaving a guest to eat alone - would surely not be tolerated in a kindergarten.
If the West wants to understand Putin’s
actions which ‘are not rational from a Western point of view’ and if as US
Secretary of State John Kerry says, ‘we want to work with Russia where we can’,
I suggest the best place to start is at the dinner table.
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