It was always cool to blame Russia.
… this is the time to fear,
When he stands up like a tired man, tottering near and near;
When he stands up as pleading, in wavering, man-brute guise,
When he veils the hate and cunning of his little, swinish eyes;
When he shows as seeking quarter, with paws like hands in prayer
That is the time of peril – the time of the Truce of the Bear!
- Rudyard Kipling
