online.wsj.com - 8/14/2008
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For anyone who thought that stark international aggression was a thing of the past, the last week must have come as a startling wake-up call. After clashes in the Georgian region of South Ossetia, Russia invaded its neighbor, launching attacks that threaten its very existence. Some Americans may wonder why events in this part of the world are any concern of ours. After all, Georgia is a small, ...
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American Foreign Policy Should Never Be For Sale To The Highest Bidder
DownWithTyranny! —
... Scheunemann, McCain's chief foreign policy advisor who happens to know a lot about Georgia, being a very well-paid lobbyist for that country. (He says he "stopped" lobbying a couple of months ago when he came on board the Double Talk Express but a few days ago the government of Georgia-- which has been getting a great deal of taxpayer dollars lately-- sent the lobbying firm that Scheunemann owns another $600,000. Anyway, the Journal OpEd by McCain and Scheunemann is called We Are All Georgians. I'm certain if we were all paid as handsomely as Scheunemann by the Georgians ...
McCain: ‘We Are All Georgians’
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... across the internationally recognized border into Georgia, the Russian government stated that it was acting only to protect Ossetians. Yet regime change in Georgia appears to be the true Russian objective.
Two years ago, I traveled to South Ossetia. As soon as we arrived at its self-proclaimed capital—now occupied by Russian troops—I saw an enormous billboard that read, “Vladimir Putin, Our President.” This was on sovereign Georgian territory.
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McCain Speaks for Every American?
Antiwar.com Original —
... . "I told him that I know I speak for every American when I say to him, today, we are all Georgians." Georgia promptly "quit" the CIS; the Russians say they were fired. You may wonder how McCain can possibly think he speaks for you and yours. Well, he says that ...
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