The Times concluded,
"Thanks to Western resolve and the courage of Russian democrats, [the] Soviet Empire collapsed without a shot, spawning a democratic Russia, setting free the former Soviet republics and leading to unprecedented arms-control agreements with the US. And what was America's response? It was to expand the NATO cold-war alliance against Russia and bring it closer to Russia's borders."
As to Kennan's own conclusion, the Times' interviewer reported, "As he said goodbye to me on the phone, Mr. Kennan added just one more thing: 'This has been my life, and it pains me to see it so screwed up in the end.'"
The foregoing is a story the Times was willing to tell readers in 1998.
The prophesy it published has now come true.
The facts haven't changed.
But the Times' current reportage has. It's now in conflict with its own archives.
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