Gorbachev and ‘Iragua’

I dare say Senator Gary Hart, lately in Moscow, sees useful mileage in “Iragua” (or whatever neologism makes it into the history books), but the real beneficiary is going to be Mikhail Gorbachev.

It is fascinating and instructive to compare Moscow’s reaction to the current “scandal” with the way the controlled Soviet media reacted to the developing Watergate business. This kind of event is so totally alien to the Soviet experience that it appears to throw the leadership, at least temporarily, off balance.