August 17, 2008
A different take on the Georgian outcome
Kevin Drum thinks Putin got greedy, and that it will cost him. Hope Kevin's right....
August 16, 2008
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August 13, 2008
Just askin'
What advice has McCain been giving to Saakashvili? And why is he sending his own delegation to Tbilisi?
Latest from Georgia
Human Rights Watch debunks claims of "2000 dead" in Georgian attack on Tskhinvali, and are being used by the Russians to incite violence against ethnic Georgians still in South Ossetia. Russian tanks keep heading south from South Ossetia into Georgia proper, with gangs of "irrelguars" behind them burning, pillaging, killing, and kidnapping children.
August 12, 2008
Unbef*ckinglievable
Pass the tinfoil: * The State Department gave Russia the green light to go into South Ossetia if Georgia made a big move, thinking that the Russians had made an implied commitment to stay out of Georgia proper. But State never told the Georgian government. * Knowing that the Russians were baiting Saakashvili, State kept telling the Georgians to keep...
Why are these two items not the same?
The Serbian government waged war on the Kosovars, driving 80% of them from their homes. The Georgian government did no such thing in either South Ossetia or Abkhazia.
The Georgian confict: McCain's blunder
We just lost the first battle of what may be a New Cold war. McCain was in there helping us lose.
Estonia to back early NATO entry for Georgia?
A Government bill calling for it will be debated at a special session of the parliament today.
August 11, 2008
Is there anything to DO about Georgia?
Plan A: Admit Georgia to NATO membership, and tell Saakashvili we'll protect his independence but he can forget about South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Plan B: Admit Ukraine to NATO and ask Putin how he likes THEM apples.
August 10, 2008
Imperialism
That's what it's called when a big country sends tanks into the territory of a smaller neighbor, blockades its costs, bombs one of its cities, and demands that its elected leader step aside as the price of peace.
May 01, 2008
An entangling alliance
The standoff in Abkhazia continues, and the rhetoric escalates. Whether arms and men are also building up, I couldn’t tell you, but you can find someone to posit whatever you want to be true. Russia started this latest dustup in reaction to NATO’s assuring Georgia of an offer of membership…some day. (By the Caucasian version of Occam’s Razor—never adduce a...
April 27, 2008
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March 10, 2008
Alles klar Frau Kommissar?
Angela Merkel thinks Georgia shouldn't be in NATO. Well, isn't that special?
February 28, 2008
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January 31, 2008
And the painted ponies go up and down
Obama's half-sister seems ok. Hillary's brothers are classic presidential siblings.
January 21, 2008
Mikheil to the Chief
Georgia's President is re-inaugurated, but who's that guy with the American flag lapel pin?
January 20, 2008
January 15, 2008
The Georgian elections
For a small, not inherently significant country, independent Georgia has been led by outsized characters and attracted remarkable international attention. Georgia may at last achieve that hallmark of western democracy, legislative gridlock.
