corner.nationalreview.com - 8/14/2008
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Michael, beyond some largely symbolic gestures there is no sensible 'military' way in which the West could respond to the Russian move in Georgia/South Ossetia. What's more, encouraging the Ukrainians to adopt a more aggressive stance would be quite remarkably counterproductive (both for Ukraine and the US), especially so far as Sebastopol is concerned. Sebastopol is, as you know, located in ...
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Stuttaford keeps me sane at NRO: What we have to recognize is that
Russia is a (sorta) great power trying to do what great powers do. This
will involve plenty of jostling, shoving, pushing, and all the rest of
it. It won't always be pretty, particularly given the KGB-stained
nature of Russia's current leadership. On occasion, the U.S. will have
to shove back, and shove back very firmly. That said, to try using
what's going on in Georgia (as some seem inclined to do) as the
inspiration of some sort of revived Cold War is not the way to ...
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... By Fester Andrew Stuttaford at the National Review Corner is looking at the Georgia-Russia situation and is trying to talk some sense into his fellow writers. The following chunk I agree with its underlying logic. ...
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It seems that while there is virtually total unanimity among our pundits that no decent military option exists for the West to respond to the Russian invasion of Georgia, some others in the region are not so sure. The Ukrainians, for example, have a card to play in this game, since the Russian fleet is based in Sebastopol. And the Ukrainians realize that if Putin gets away with his putsch in ...
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As I write this, Russian forces are within 35 miles of Tbilisi , the capital of the Republic of Georgia, and the UN has been unable to come to any agreement about it . What do you think the U.S. should do about this, if anything? Pick your top 1 or 2 choices at the right, and comment on this post about it. For example, if you pick the military option, how would you see that being able to ...