Former Reagan Official: White House Sanctioned Georgia-Russia Conflict
Aug 16, 2008 Paul Craig Roberts, who was assistant secretary of the treasury during Ronald Reagan's presidency, sees the Georgia-Russia conflict differently than the Bush administration does: "Americans themselves have nothing to gain," Roberts said Friday; "What is operating is the dangerous ideology of the American neoconservatives whose goal is to assert American hegemony over the entire world."Gorbachev: ‘Signs of a Cold War Are Present’
Aug 16, 2008 Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev appeared on "Larry King Live" Thursday to give his read on the Georgia-Russia conflict, asserting that Georgia was definitively the first to attack, in "a barbaric assault" on Tskhinvali, and that "there was support and protection" for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili from elsewhere in the world Updated .
McCain Is More Dangerous Than Bush
Aug 16, 2008 Forget the moderate image, promoted by an admiring media. Forget the so-called straight talk and independence. With the Russian-Georgian war winding down, McCain has firmly established himself as an old-fashioned Cold Warrior and a supporter of the huge oil companies that have a big stake in Georgia and the rest of the Caucasus.
McCain: ‘We Are All Georgians’
Aug 15, 2008 If there is any doubt that John McCain is gulping down the neocon Kool-Aid on Georgia, one need only read his new manifesto in The Wall Street Journal, where he once again flaunts his Wikipedia-sourced foreign policy expertise.Georgian President Checks In With Glenn Beck, Katie Couric
Aug 14, 2008 First the showdown with Russia, now the U.S. media tour: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili paid a virtual visit to American news shows on Wednesday, telling CBS News anchor Katie Couric that the Russians were violating the newly instated cease-fire agreement with Georgia, then being buttered up by CNN's Glenn Beck, who reminded his audience that there are streets in Georgia "named after our president."
Russia: They’re Baaaaaaaaack
Aug 14, 2008 They aren't as big, and their iconography is nowhere near Soviet-grade, but according to columnist Anne Penketh of London's The Independent, the Russians' Georgia invasion can only be seen as a rank humiliation of the West by a triumphant Vladimir Putin.
Russia, Georgia Reach Tentative Peace Agreement
Aug 13, 2008 Early Wednesday morning, Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili agreed to a plan to stop the fighting that flared up Friday. However, the crisis isn't over and the terms of the agreement aren't all clear.
Putin Slams U.S., Georgia’s Western Allies
Aug 12, 2008 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made his position vis-à-vis his country's ongoing conflict with Georgia eminently clear on Monday, lamenting how, as he put it, the "aggressor" has been painted as the "victim" in the Western press (hint: said "aggressor" ain't Russia).
Georgia Conflict Primer
Aug 11, 2008 For those who never heard of South Ossetia before fighting between Russians and Georgians erupted there, the BBC's Paul Reynolds provides some needed background and analysis, including this pearl of wisdom: "Do not punch a bear on the nose unless it is tied down."
