Nick wrote:

In my view, Kasparov seems more qualified to discuss the politics of Russia
than the politics of Iraq.

Why? The world has intensively discusses Iraq for years, and Russia also. And
there is much more wide opinion specter in Russia than in USA, believe me. I
closely watch Russian and Ukrainian media (especially Internet) for many years.

By the way, in Russia Kasparov does not publish his political essays, because
his opinion is irrelevant here. Here his voice is still strong sometimes, but
this will not last long.

Vlad