Shirreff's warning about the danger posed by Russia is echoed in the foreword by US admiral James Stavridis, former supreme allied commander Europe, who writes: "Under President Putin, Russia has charted a dangerous course that, if it is allowed to continue, may lead inexorably to a clash with Nato.
"Under President Putin, Russia has charted a dangerous course that, if it is allowed to continue, may lead inexorably to a clash with NATO.
They're worried that the insignificant but vital region, a key prize in the Cold War, may be drifting inexorably toward Communism.
And that may, unfortunately, lead inexorably to "Plan B".
They may already be declining inexorably to extinction; alternately, their populations may number so few that they cannot survive more than a few generations or may not be large enough to provide a hedge against the risk that natural fluctuations will eventually lead to their extinction.
Inexorably, market forces may be gaining ground.
Meanwhile, the settlements continue to grow, seemingly inexorably — and that may be the most odious aspect of the occupation.
If she or she interested, you may find your crotches drawn inexorably towards each others, like great fleshly magnets.
But I simply didn't buy the ham-handed way he descended into Taxi Driver territory, no matter how inexorably brutal his world may be.
So it will go on, a line of existences in which his share, his gift, will grow inexorably less and less, till it may as well be forgotten.
