I was doing my morning BBC scan when I came across this story. Now the story itself is nothing special. It just outlines Hillary Clinton's first official Nato meeting and the subject paramount to all else...Russia.But what I did find interesting was this quote from a Russian diplomat:
"We came out of the crisis that we had after the August 2008 events [the war with Georgia], the crisis in the South Caucasus, stronger," he told Russian channel Vesti TV. "Our Western colleagues saw in Russia a partner that one cannot wipe one's feet on. We are strong... and we are restoring cooperation, including on our terms."
It's been my experience with strength, whether it be physical, mental or intellectual, that those individuals, teams or nations that truly possess it never feel the need to opine on it. They don't feel the need because strength truly speaks for itself, either through demonstration or perception or history.
When individuals or teams or nations (whose currency incidentally is on the verge of collapse) brag on their strength it usually means they're trying to convince themselves more than others.
