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Hanging On To Hope
Suburban Guerrilla — Why did they ever believe anything Bush said? TBILISI, Georgia — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday persuaded Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili to sign a cease-fire agreement calling for Russian tanks to withdraw from much of the country. President Bush, meanwhile, scolded Russian leaders for continuing to occupy Georgian territory and promised that citizens of this country won’t be forgotten. But in refugee centers across Tbilisi, men and women who’d fled their burning villages wanted to know when the support ...

Hanging On To Hope
Suburban Guerrilla — Why did they ever believe anything Bush said? TBILISI, Georgia — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday persuaded Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili to sign a cease-fire agreement calling for Russian tanks to withdraw from much of the country. President Bush, meanwhile, scolded Russian leaders for continuing to occupy Georgian territory and promised that citizens of this country won’t be forgotten. But in refugee centers across Tbilisi, men and women who’d fled their burning villages wanted to know when the support ...

Georgia Crushed, US Humiliated, NATO and Europe Split: It Was a Good Week for McCain
Firedoglake — ... and forcing thousands of Ossetians to flee into Russia, while provoking/excusing a massive counter invasion into Georgia by Russian forces. -- Provocative calls by McCain for the US to support and identify with Georgia’s actions – “we are all Georgians” -- constituted repeated, direct interference in the conduct of American foreign policy, complicating efforts to obtain a cease fire and the removal of invading troops. -- Bush's and McCain's overblown rhetoric may have created unrealistic expectations of US help, despite the fact the US never had any intention ...

Georgia Crushed, US Humiliated, NATO and Europe Split: It Was a Good Week for McCain
Firedoglake — ... and forcing thousands of Ossetians to flee into Russia, while provoking/excusing a massive counter invasion into Georgia by Russian forces. -- Provocative calls by McCain for the US to support and identify with Georgia’s actions – “we are all Georgians” -- constituted repeated, direct interference in the conduct of American foreign policy, complicating efforts to obtain a cease fire and the removal of invading troops. -- Bush's and McCain's overblown rhetoric may have created unrealistic expectations of US help, despite the fact the US never had any intention ...

Georgia Crushed, US Humiliated, NATO and Europe Split: It Was a Good Week for McCain
The Hollywood Liberal — ... killing many and forcing thousands of Ossetians to flee into Russia, while provoking/excusing a massive counter invasion into Georgia by Russian forces.– Provocative calls by McCain for the US to support and identify with Georgia’s actions – “we are all Georgians” — constituted repeated, direct interference in the conduct of American foreign policy, complicating efforts to obtain a cease fire and the removal of invading troops. – Bush’s and McCain’s overblown rhetoric may have created unrealistic expectations of US help , despite the fact the US ...

Georgia Crushed, US Humiliated, NATO and Europe Split: It Was a Good Week for McCain
The Hollywood Liberal — ... killing many and forcing thousands of Ossetians to flee into Russia, while provoking/excusing a massive counter invasion into Georgia by Russian forces.– Provocative calls by McCain for the US to support and identify with Georgia’s actions – “we are all Georgians” — constituted repeated, direct interference in the conduct of American foreign policy, complicating efforts to obtain a cease fire and the removal of invading troops. – Bush’s and McCain’s overblown rhetoric may have created unrealistic expectations of US help , despite the fact the US ...