Not that they're experts, mind you...

I don't mean to imply that the land of the Tsars, the Soviets, and Vladimir Putin is famous for sound judgment as to what is or is not appropriate in the face of civil disturbances (real or imagined), but the Russian press is beginning to wonder why Jacques Chirac hasn't sent in the Cossacks.

Apparently the Russians are just now figuring out what we realized about the current French regime back in the days when M. de Villepin promised to support military action against Iraq in the Security Council, and then reneged.