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shortnews.com - 8/13/2008
Rice Warned Georgia on South Ossetia, Russia in July
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An unnamed senior US official who was with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during her July trip to Tbilisi said she warned Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to avoid conflict with Russia even as she fingered Russia as part of the problem. The official says "She told him, in no uncertain terms, that he had to put a non-use of force pledge on the table." He also said "We told them they ...

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Russia, Georgia and White-Haired Dude's lobbyist pals
Preemptive Karma — ... former communist block countries on Russia's borders with the Georgians. Given Russia's propensity for walking not so softly while swinging it's club around, I can't see any of those former Soviet provinces/satellite nations weighing in against their much larger and much more powerful neighbor on a whim. Now I'm not saying that I think Saakashvili is necessarily blameless or a good guy in all of this. Although she's proven herself untrustworthy, I believe the reports that Condi Rice warned Saakashvili in July not to start something he couldn't finish. However, I find the ...

I Wonder If There Are Some McCain Supporters Thinking The Tsar's Tanks Are Approaching Atlanta And Have Devastated Macon
DownWithTyranny! — ... "Iraq bad," things like that. And as National Security Advisor and then Secretary of State... well, no one from the right or left would tell you she's been more than mediocre-- and most would be less generous in their assessment. But, after all, the big foreign policy problems during her tenure were far afield from her area of expertise: the Soviet Union. So now that the Neocons have drummed up a new crisis in a Cold War with the Russians (heir to the Soviets), it is time for Condi to shine. The far right Wall Street Journal editorial page, basically a GOP propaganda ...

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Bush Warns Russia to Stand Down — Drudge Retort
President George W. Bush said the U.S. would stand behind its ally Georgia and warned Russia that it must respect the "territorial integrity" of the nation. A U.S. military cargo plane is heading to Georgia with relief supplies and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to Georgia to confer with President Mikheil Saakashvili.
US Rice Warned Georgia President To Avoid Conflict With Russia NYT — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]AFP[/b] WASHINGTON (AFP)--US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice privately warned Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to avoid a conflict with Russia during her trip to Tbilisi in July, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing a US official. "She told him, in no uncertain terms...