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McCain on Georgia: Even Cheney isn't bellicose enough
Daily Kos —
... Of course Georgia was not merely a "victim" in provoking this crisis, and the only country Obama actually singled out for blame was Russia for invading Georgia's sovereign territory. ...
The Obama and Bush Do-Nothing Strategy on Georgia
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Obama's terse statement on Friday called for peace without blaming Russia for the conflict in Georgia. Then on Saturday, Obama issued a ...
THE LEFT WILTS IN THE FACE OF AGGRESSION
Right Wing Nut House —
... It was Obama who, after an extraordinarily mild statement on Friday, August 8 which politely asked the Russians to please respect the territorial integrity of Georgia (while Russian tanks were already many miles beyond the border of South Ossetia and engaging Georgian troops on Georgian soil) eventually came around to McCain’s more assertive and indeed, courageous stance which condemned the Russians outright and called on pressure to be placed on Russia by the EU in addition to the United Nations. ...
Carol Platt Liebau: Not Defending America Is CLEARLY "Not Right"
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... . He sees moral equivalence between the acts of an invading, increasingly totalitarian country (Russia) and those of an invaded, democratic country (Georgia) -- calling on both sides to "show restraint." But in my view, some time ago, Barack Obama himself signalled what normal Americans would find so repugnant about his conduct of foreign policy: His willingness to take aggression against the US lying down. Remember the ...
Resurgent Racism in Russia
American Thinker —
... . There may be reason to hope. After his initial round of mealy-mouthed comments, Obama responded favorably to stern pressure from the right in the wake of the Georgia crisis with tough criticism of Russian aggression. He told ...
Obama's War
Antiwar.com Original —
... two breakaway provinces that wanted either independence or alliance with Russia, the US responded by giving unconditional support to the invaders, although Georgian tanks fired directly on civilian targets in an assault on the rebel capital: a dozen or so Russian peacekeepers, who were there under the terms of a UN mandate, were killed. This occurred at the height of the presidential campaign, and John McCain seized on this, saying that Obama's initial response a desire to see both sides stop fighting was insufficient, and evidence of his unfitness to sit in the Oval ...
America’s strength in the eyes of our enemies? Zer-O
Stop The ACLU —
... we are ready to fly there.” Zhikharev also told Interfax that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered a military airfield on La Orchila island as a temporary base for Russian strategic bombers.“If a relevant political decision is made, this is possible,” he said, according to Interfax. Zhikharev said he visited La Orchila in 2008 and can confirm that with minor reconstruction, the airfield owned by a local naval base can accept fully-loaded Russian strategic bombers. Remember this statement by then-candidate Obama when Russia launched an unprovoked attack on Georgia? ...
