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McCain prescient on Russia?
Jonathan Martin's Blog — When violence broke out in the Caucasus Friday morning, John McCain quickly issued a statement that was far more strident toward the Russians than that of President Bush, Barack Obama and much of the West. But, as Russian warplanes pounded Georgian targets far beyond South Ossetia this weekend, Bush, Obama and others have moved closer to McCain's initial position. It has been a rough few weeks for McCain on the foreign policy front -- paging Dr. Maliki -- but he appears to have been ahead of the curve in his assessment that Moscow was the bad actor here. McCain aides feel encouraged that their candidate appeared to get it right ...

8/11: Olympic Flames
Blogometer — August 11, 2008 8/11: Olympic Flames Coverage of the opening of the Olympic Games on 8/8 was largely overshadowed by the armed conflict that broke out between Georgian and Russian troops in the break-away province of South Ossetia. The following are some general reactions to that conflict: FOREIGN POLICY: Proxy War The Georgia-Russia conflict quickly became a conflict between John McCain and Barack Obama , who each released statements reflecting their different approaches to foreign policy. Alas, A Blog ...

RUSSIA TO SELL MORE NEW ARMS TO SYRIA
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — ... IS BUILDING IRAN'S NUCLEAR REACTOR. SYRIA HAS LONG DEFENDED THEMSELVES WITH RUSSIAN CRAP, AND THE IAF HAS NO PROBLEMS EVADING IT - CUZ IT'S CRAP, AND CRAP MANNED BY SYRIANS TO BOOT. STILL IT RE-PROVES THE FACT THAT PUTIN AND RUSSIA ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM, NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION. GETTING MUCH TOUGHER ON PUTIN IS PART OF THE SOLUTION. MCCAIN GETS THAT - HE'S BEEN PUSHING IT SINCE 2000.VOTE ACCORDINGLY.

PUTIN'S NEXT MOVE: RUSSIAN NAVY TO VISIT CHAVEZ - STAGE EXERCISES
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — ... the move is likely to raise concern in the US, whose relations with Russia have been soured by Moscow's recent conflict in Georgia. Washington already has rocky relations with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez. In July, he called for a strategic alliance with Russia to protect Venezuela from the US. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO INTIMDATE US. IF OBAMA IS POTUS THIS KIND OF THREATENING CRAP WILL WORK. BUT NOT ON MCCAIN WHO, UNLIKE BUSH, HAS SEEN PUTIN FOR WHAT HE IS SINCE 2000. ...