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thinkprogress.org - 8/11/2008

Neocons Call For U.S. To Launch War With Russia

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Today the New York Times reports that Russia is escalating its war with Georgia, “moving tanks and troops through the separatist enclave of South Ossetia and advancing toward the city of Gori in central Georgia” and even bombing parts of Tibilisi, the Georgian captial. Russia’s increasing aggression is putting a spark into American neoconservatives. Today on the Times ...

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Get Your War On
The Agitator — The neocons are clapping the drums and looking Russia-way.

Let's Take on Russia Too
Shakesville — ... sell. Oh sure, we can still do that political posturing that we're known for; all of that finger wagging and scolding to pass a resolution that Russia's been a bad boy. Beyond that, however, there's not much left in terms of influence. With tapped resources and an irrelevant leader (along with an impotent Congress), the most we'll be doing is watching to see what happens. And don't forget to join us next week when Billy Kristol has our troops flying to Darfur. [H/T to ThinkProgress]

Neocon Dream Come True
The Mahablog — It’s what they’ve always wanted most of all, even more than a pony and a trip to Disney World — war with Russia.

Georgians: We Helped you in Iraq, now Help us!
The Moderate Voice — ... Oh, wait, there are some brave Americans who want to come to Georgia’s rescue. Think Progress writes: Neocons Call For U.S. To Launch War With Russia: ...

The American Empire: Too Big to Fail?
Antiwar.com Original — ... lobbyists who pushed for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein by U.S. force of arms have now turned their sights on Iran. The same newspaper columnists and professional know-it-alls who imagined that we would have a quick victory in Iraq – that it would be a " cakewalk ," as one of the more arrogant neocons once put it – are still dominating the official discourse with their calls to action on this front and that . Bill Kristol, the little Lenin of the neocons, who made the Iraq war his ...

Have No Illusions
Antiwar.com Original — ... Everything? Really ? What about dropping nukes on Tehran or other major population centers? I don't want to exaggerate the degree of Obama's slide into a moral abyss, but the man is known to measure his words, yet that time he clearly abandoned his customary caution, and, as they say, let it all hang out. The mask slipped, if only for a moment – and it wasn't pretty, was it ? On another vitally important issue, the renewal of the Cold War with Russia – a project dear to the hearts of neocons everywhere – Obama is hardly distinguishable ...

Predictions
Antiwar.com Original — ... will grow, perhaps formalized by a pact and, in all likelihood, a visit by Hillary Clinton – not Obama – to the region. What the situation requires, however – the economic situation, that is – is the invention of another Major Threat. Whether that turns out to be Russia, as the neocons would like; China, as ...