huffingtonpost.com - 8/11/2008
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MOSCOW — Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is criticizing the United States for airlifting Georgian troops from Iraq.
Putin said Monday that the U.S. move will hamper efforts to solve Russia's conflict with Georgia over the breakaway province of South Ossetia. The U.S. military has begun flying 2,000 Georgian troops home from Iraq after Georgia recalled them.
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The inevitable consequences of the “Preemption Doctrine”
HorsesAss.Org —
... I suppose it would be nice for the United States to have the moral authority to condemn Russia’s unprovoked, full scale invasion of Georgia, a sovereign nation, but you know… we don’t. ...
John McCain's Wikipolicy
democracyarsenal.org —
... on the unfolding crisis in Georgia from Wikipedia. Here's a 3 AM question for you: do you want a President with a real strategy for containing such a crisis, or do you want someone who's stumbling over wikipedia entries after getting ...
Ten Post Round-Up: Georgia On My Mind Edition
The Democratic Daily —
... and by “US”, I mean, “the you-ess-of-ay”. Putin thinks we are taking sides by airlifting Georgian troops from Iraq back home (meanwhile, ...
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U.S. flying Georgian troops home from Iraq.
thinkprogress.org 8/11/2008 — The AP reports that a “senior U.S. military official says the Americans have begun flying Georgian troops home from Iraq after they requested help with transportation”:
Georgia has called its 2,000 troops home from Iraq to help in the ...
AGI News On - GEORGIA - PUTIN: USA INTERVENING IN CONFLICT
agi.it 8/11/2008 — (AGI) - Moscow, 11th August - Vladimir Putin has pointed a finger of blame at the United States. Washington, said the Russian Premier, is trying to intervene in Russian operations in Georgia, transporting Georgian troops to the conflict zone by air. ...
Neocons Call For U.S. To Launch War With Russia
thinkprogress.org 8/11/2008 — 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 ...
"Russia Attacks Neighbor"
talkleft.com 8/11/2008 — That is CNN's headline. And strictly speaking, it is true. But obviously it is a ridiculously misleading description of the situation. But that does not really matter. As Matt Yglesias writes (btw Matt, who I often disagree with but ALWAYS read, an ...
STILL DIGGING.
prospect.org 8/11/2008 — By Dylan Matthews
In the midst of their current war, it seems average Ossetians and Georgians can agree on one thing: it's the Americans' fault.
Georgians around Gori spoke of America plaintively, uncertainly. They were beginning to feel ...
The crisis with Russia over Georgia —
First Read 8/11/2008
The New York Times : "Russia escalated its assault on Sunday despite strong diplomatic warnings from Mr. Bush and European leaders, underscoring the limits of Western influence over Russia at a time when the rest of Europe depends heavily on ...
McCain Steps Up Criticism of Russia —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 8/11/2008
Amy Chozick reports on the presidential race.
John McCain said Monday that Moscow appears determined to take down the Georgia government.
“Americans wishing to spend August vacationing with their families or watching the Olympics may ...
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