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I'm not sure I get all of this handwringing over the NATO response to the war between Russia and Georgia. There is a really simple, clearly understandable explanation for why NATO didn't come to Georgia's aid: Georgia isn't a NATO country. NATO was under no obligation whatsoever to render assistance. If Russia had invaded Estonia and NATO had failed to respond, then the organization would, ...
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... Giuliani to keynote Republican convention. I can't wait to see what drinking games are devised for that one. And no, "9/11" shouldn't be one of the drink markers. We don't want a rash of alcohol poisoning that night. Then again, maybe he's McCain's veep nominee, which would be totally awesome. Aren't you glad we kicked Lieberman out of the Democratic Party? Otherwise, he'd be pulling his Zell Miller act as a Democrat. Wait, what? NATO is in crisis because it didn't render aid to Georgia, which is not a ...
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It's All About The Ukraine
agonist.org 8/14/2008 — Ian has a post everyone should read. Also, as a reminder, give this show Ian and I did with noted Russia specialist Anatol Lieven, where we discuss at length Russia and the Ukraine and NATO a listen. Everything which transpired over the last week ...
agonist.org 8/14/2008 — Ian has a post everyone should read. Also, as a reminder, give this show Ian and I did with noted Russia specialist Anatol Lieven, where we discuss at length Russia and the Ukraine and NATO a listen. Everything which transpired over the last week ...
Georgia
corner.nationalreview.com 8/15/2008 — A friend e-mails: Rich, I have advocated not pushing NATO membership for Ukraine or Georgia against Russian objections, but if Russia detaches the two breakaway provinces from Georgia, I think fast induction into NATO should be the centerpiece of our ...
corner.nationalreview.com 8/15/2008 — A friend e-mails: Rich, I have advocated not pushing NATO membership for Ukraine or Georgia against Russian objections, but if Russia detaches the two breakaway provinces from Georgia, I think fast induction into NATO should be the centerpiece of our ...
Ridint the Tiger Bear
dailypundit.com 8/19/2008 — US left isolated over Nato plans to maintain relations with Russia - Telegraph US diplomats attending an emergency NATO summit in Brussels had called on the alliance to suspend ministerial meetings with Russia, held twice a year, as a way of ...
dailypundit.com 8/19/2008 — US left isolated over Nato plans to maintain relations with Russia - Telegraph US diplomats attending an emergency NATO summit in Brussels had called on the alliance to suspend ministerial meetings with Russia, held twice a year, as a way of ...
What Part of "Nyet" Did You People Not Understand?
agonist.org 8/20/2008 — Have the leaders of the West lost their collective minds? Seriously, after reading this I am beginning to think so: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday assured Georgia would join NATO as she strongly backed the ex-Soviet republic's President ...
agonist.org 8/20/2008 — Have the leaders of the West lost their collective minds? Seriously, after reading this I am beginning to think so: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday assured Georgia would join NATO as she strongly backed the ex-Soviet republic's President ...
Russia To Cut All Military Ties With NATO — Pat Dollard | Young Americans
OSLO, Norway (AP) - Russia has informed Norway that it plans to suspend all military ties with NATO, Norway’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
The report comes a day after NATO foreign ministers said they would make further ties with Russia dependent on Moscow making good on a pledge to pull its troops back to pre-conflict positions in Georgia. However, they stopped short of ...
Russia freezes NATO cooperation — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]The Australian[/b]
Russia freezes NATO cooperationFont Size: Decrease Increase Print Page: Print From correspondents in Oslo | August 21, 2008
RUSSIA has decided to freeze its military cooperation with NATO and allied countries until further notice, the Norwegian defence ministry said ...
Georgia Blowback? Russia To Temporarily Cut NATO Cooperation — TalkLeft
NATO sent a sternly worded letter to Russia. Russia responds with stern implied threats of its own : Doubts surfaced over the future of military cooperation between NATO and Russia on Wednesday after Norway said Moscow had informed it of a decision to freeze all joint work with the alliance in the row over Georgia. However Russia's ambassador to NATO played down any future steps, saying ...
Russia warns NATO against re-equipping Georgia's military — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]Xinhua[/b]
BRUSSELS, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Russia's ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin warned Wednesday NATO against filling the gap of losses of the Georgian military incurred in its conflict with Russia.
"Any attempt of NATO to fill the gap of losses of the Georgian army co...
NATO Pulls Its Punches On Penalty Against Russia — Pat Dollard | Young Americans
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - NATO pulled its punches against Russia on Tuesday, suspending formal contacts as punishment for the Georgia invasion but bucking U.S. pressure for more severe penalties.
The Russian ambassador to NATO played down the impact of the emergency meeting of the Western alliance.
“The mountain gave birth to a mouse,” said Dmitry Rogozin.
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Russia: Nato aids 'criminal regime' — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]Agencies[/b]
Russia has accused Nato of trying to "whitewash a criminal regime" in Tbilisi and seeking to rearm Georgia's leaders.
"Nato is trying to make a victim of an aggressor and whitewash a criminal regime - save a collapsing regime - and is taking a path to the rearmament of th...
NATO Issues Sternly Worded Letter To Russia — TalkLeft
Here are "the consequences" : NATO agreed after U.S. pressure on Tuesday to freeze regular contacts with Russia until Moscow had withdrawn its troops from Georgia in line with a peace deal. The alliance also agreed to upgrade contacts with Tbilisi but stopped short of accelerating its efforts to join NATO , an ambition which had enraged Russia even before the two-week-old conflict over ...
NATO Freezes Russian Ties Over Georgia — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
BRUSSELS - NATO agreed after U.S. pressure on Tuesday to freeze regular contacts with Russia until Moscow had withdrawn its troops from Georgia in line with a peace deal.
The alliance also agreed to upgrade contacts with Tbilisi but stopped short of accelerating its efforts to join NATO, an ambition which had enraged Russia even before the two-week-old conflict over Georgia's breakaway ...
NATO condemns Russia for Georgia — The Swamp
by Frank James
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's 26 nations completed their meeting today and issued a condemnation of Russia for its recent invasion of Georgia.
Of course, if NATO had proceeded on Georgia's application for NATO in April, perhaps that would've been enough to keep the Russians from invading Georgia in the first place according to no less an expert than former ...
NATO Will Take on Russia: Rice — PoliGazette
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said, while visiting Europe, that NATO will not allow Russia to succeed in Georgia.
The reaction of the United States was lukewarm at first, but has heated up ever since. Two days after the Russian invasion of Georgia began the U.S. upped the ante by threatening with sanctions and other, unspecified, punishments. Rice’s visit to Europe is part of ...
Nato cools relations with Russia — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]BBC News[/b]
Nato foreign ministers have said there will be "no business as usual" with Russia, as they urged Moscow to pull its troops out of Georgia immediately.
The declaration followed emergency talks in Brussels about the conflict with Georgia over its breakaway region of South ...
NATO: Russia is Not Honoring Cease-Fire - Will Work to Deny Russia’s Strategic Objectives — (Obsolete Feed)
I’m continuing to see hopeful signs of life from NATO and Rice:
NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Tuesday that the Russians are not now honoring the terms.
“There can be no business as usual with Russia under the present circumstances,” Scheffer said.
The announcement came after foreign ministers from NATO member nations gathered in Belgium for an ...
Merkel Promotes NATO Membership for Georgia — Gates of Vienna
There’s been a lot of talk recently, both in this space and elsewhere, about the hegemonic overreaching of the United States in its support for Georgian membership in NATO, as well of its backing of Georgia in the conflict with Russia over South Ossetia. Here’s a reminder that there are other interested parties who, for their own pragmatic reasons, are just as keen to pull Georgia into NATO. ...
NATO chief seeks consensus ahead of talks on Georgia-Russia — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]AFP[/b]
BRUSSELS (AFP) - NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer spoke with several Alliance foreign ministers on Monday, seeking to forge consensus on the Georgia-Russia conflict ahead of a meeting in Brussels, a spokeswoman said.
NATO foreign ministers will meet at the Alliance headquarte...
WHAT BUSH SHOULD DO ABOUT RUSSIA: GIVE THEM A DIPLOMATIC ULTIMATUM — THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Bush should announce that if Russia fails to withdraw all their troops to Russia in 48 hours, that they will be kicked out of the UNSC, G8, NATO (where they have a special seat), and the WTO (accession process). If these organizations fail to expel Russia then we will withdraw. This would send the most powerful message possible without a military threat. If the UN and NATO can't respond ...
Whither NATO? — Lawyers, Guns and Money
I have an article up at TAP on NATO and the Russia-Georgia war.
Pushing the first domino — Stubborn Facts
Over at the Corner, Rich Lowry reports that a friend of his wants immediate admission to NATO for Georgia and the Ukraine . He's not the first person I've seen make such an argument - but do these people not realize that accepting Georgia into NATO means that under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty , if Russia did something deemed to be an attack on Georgia, we would be de facto at war ...
