There is something bizarre and twisted about pro-Western Russian liberals attacking the recommendations of the Hart-Hagel Commission or statesmen such as Henry Kissinger and James Baker.  Their criticism serves as a mouthpiece for the agendas of the most bitterly anti-Russian and geopolitically aggressive liberal interventionists and neocons who help maintain tensions between Russia and the West—and actually between the United States and the rest of the world. Most Russians would like to see more democracy in Russia , including a rule of law and a freer media. But the West tends to misinterpret this longing, says Anatol Lieven.  <<<To read full article, click here.>>>