Tag: "Georgia"
McCain’s Mixed Bag in Pennsylvania
Uh oh… Former Gov. Tom Ridge and Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman stepped off the “Straight Talk Express” bus, which rolled right into the arena as the concert-quality sound system blasted out the Rocky theme. Sen. Arlen Specter had warmed up the crowd with an appearance that hadn’t been announced in pre-event publicity. “It may very [...]
Russia and Georgia Agree on a Tenative Cease-Fire, Former Soviet Satellites Join Saakashvili in Defiance of Putin
There’s been a lot happening related to Russia’s invasion of Georgia, so consider this a bit of an information link-dump. First, France’s Nicolas Sarkozy went to Georgia to work on brokering a ceasefire. Sarkozy also sits in the President’s chait of the EU, so he carried a bit more diplomatic weight than usual. You can [...]
Bush Excoriates Russia and Saakashvili Steels for the Fight. What Will Putin Do?
President Bush criticized Russia today harder than he’s ever lit into any country not ruled by an Islamist tyrant. He recounted the reports of Russian attacks on Georgian cities and said that, if the bear out to be true as reported, it would be a “dramatic and brutal escalation of the conflict in Georgia” that [...]
Russia Presses the Advantage, Captures Undisputed Georgian Territory.
So it’s come to this. The President of Georgia, on the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal, is reduced to practically begging us to help his nation as Russian tanks capture undisputed Georgian territory. Russia has delivered an ultimatum to the Georgian government and things are looking dire indeed for the survival of the [...]
Russia Takes South Ossetia, Eyes the Rest of Georgia, Seeks to Oust Georgian President (Updates: A Couple of Likely Reasons)
Russia continues to attack Georgia itself by air while its troops now have undisputed control of South Ossetia. Russia had already devastated the port city of Poti and it intensified its attacks today with bombing missions against military targets outside the Georgian capital of Tblisi and an all=out bombing offensive on the city of Gori. [...]
The Russian Bear is Roaring Again
Ever since the Rose Revolution of 2003, Vladimir Putin and his fellow autocrats in Russia have been looking for an excuse to break bad on Georgia. I’m not sure why they didn’t simply try to poison him to death like they tried with Viktor Yuschenko, but in any case they have long had their eyes [...]
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