thinkprogress.org - 8/14/2008
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Russian President Dmitri Medvedev today agreed to a cease-fire in Georgia , discrediting many neoconservatives who were predicting war with Russia . On his radio show this afternoon, however, Bill O’Reilly still claimed that “World War III” is “on the horizon”:
But the message is sent: I, Vladimir Putin, and Russia can do whatever we want to do, and you ...
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Obama Vacation Triggers Invasion
riehlworldview.com 8/9/2008 — I know if the one left central stage in world affairs things would start falling apart .
Oh wait - he talked about it: “I strongly condemn the outbreak of violence in Georgia, and urge an immediate end to armed conflict,” Obama said in a written ...
Morning War Update
lefarkins.blogspot.com 8/10/2008 — The plot to distract the world from the glory of the 2008 Olympic Games continues to unfold: Russia has not accepted Georgia's cease fire offer. Georgia claims to have fully withdrawn from South Ossetia. It's unclear whether the Georgians mean the ...
HISTORY: On Georgia, Russia, and South Ossetia
taylormarsh.com 8/11/2008 — Guest post by Mark Allen
Haverty
The United States being as new as it is in the greater scheme of things makes
us think of wars being based on relatively recent matters – after all,
all of ours are. Europe of course shows us ...
George W. Bush Also Danced In Tbilisi, Georgia! —
Wonkette » top
You know how World War III (the real one) is pretty much starting, between Russia and the ex-Soviet country of Georgia, because the pro U.S. regime in Georgia thought, “Oh hey we are allies of the United States and we like NATO, so we will just go kick a little bit of ass over in this breakaway chunk that wants to be with their pals in Russia across the border,” and then ...
Standing Up To Imperialism: Ukraine Blocks Russian Navy Boats From Its Ports —
Say Anything
Ukraine has decided to hang together with Georgia lest they hang separately in the face of Russian aggression.
On a related note, will the world’s anti-war hordes who were so adamant in their opposition to America’s war to liberate Iraq be as adamant in their opposition to Russia’s war to turn Georgia into a puppet state? The liberal left has long denounced ...
The Georgia Russia War —
The Corner on National Review Online
This could get pretty ugly, pretty fast. I guess the Olympic spirit isn't as infectious as some thought. This is what happens when the 'eyes of the world' are all looking in one direction.
Update: McCain on 'Russia's Aggression':
'Today, news reports indicate that Russian military forces crossed an internationally-recognized border into the sovereign territory of Georgia. Russia should ...
John McCain: We are All Georgians —
(Obsolete Feed)
John McCain understands what’s at stake in Georgia and he’s laid out a strategy for meeting the challenge head-on :
The world has learned at great cost the price of allowing aggression against free nations to go unchecked. A cease-fire that holds is a vital first step, but only one. With our allies, we now must stand in united purpose to persuade the Russian government to end ...
Some recommendations for what to do now —
Betsy's Page
Charles Krauthammer recognizes that the true goal of Russia is to remove the democratically-elected government in Georgia and install a puppet government as they tried to do in Afghanistan and had done in the Soviet satellite countries after World War II. He has some specific proposals of economic and diplomatic steps that we can take to make Russia see that such an attempt to dominate Georgia
Democrats Take Bush Position On Russian Invasion —
Flopping Aces
Back in April 2008, President Bush requested that Georgia be allowed to apply to join NATO. France and Germany blocked the effort which would have made last week’s invasion turn into a world war. Instead, NATO members quietly agreed to support Georgia regardless. Did that promise work? The DNC Platform takes the same position as those NATO members (the same position accepted by ...
‘Oil, Israel and Iran’ Among Factors that Led to Georgia War —
Israpundit
by Gil Ronen, Israel National News , August 11, 2008
IsraelNN.com) Analysis of the war in Georgia points to a fight over a major oil route as the main reason for hostilities, but also to an Israeli connection.
Channel 2’s expert on the Muslim world, Ehud Ya’ari, told viewers of the central evening newscast that Russia and neighboring countries were vying for control of a ...
Sovietsky Soyuz attacks an ally... Bush? —
At-Largely
The far-right often criticizes me for not playing "we are the greatest country in the world" game, because the talking-point is for them always more important than the reality we are facing. They see criticism of US policy as unpatriotic, despite the necessity for such criticism in light of this administration's crimes. This nation has lost - and likely for a very long time - all ...
No War for Oil —
Brain-Terminal.com
When a large world power invades a sovereign country in order to control the flow of oil , well, that’s the sort of storyline that normally brings hundreds of thousands of protesters to the streets chanting “No War for Oil.”
So, undoubtedly, we will soon see the masses of the world rise up and condemn Russia for its naked aggression against its smaller neighbor, Georgia.
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The Devil Went Down To Georgia —
Blue Crab Boulevard
He was lookin' for a country to steal. Vlad "The Impaler" Putin has launched an all out attack on Georgia. Not the one from the song, the other one. Russian aircraft are bombing civilian apartment buildings. There is a notable lack of interest in any of that from the [...]
The More Things Change —
Daily Pundit
30,000 homeless as a chaotic conflict intensifies - Europe, World - The Independent
The US President, George Bush, said Russian attacks on Georgia marked a “dangerous escalation” of the crisis and urged Moscow to halt the bombing. In a phone call with Mr Bush, according to a Kremlin statement, Mr Medvedev “stressed that the only way out of the tragic crisis provoked by the ...
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