[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I enjoyed this article as it sheds some light on Russia's motives for >> her attack against Georgia, but punishing Russia by denying her >> membership in the WTO or G-8 doesn't do much to help the people of >> Georgia who are dieing and suffering under Russian military aggression, >> nor does it do much to help Mikheil Saakashvili, who might be deposed or >> driven into exile. >> > > >> Perhaps in the next few days Russia can be convinced to leave Georgia >> and return to conditions, as they were before the invasion occurred. >> > > Perhaps Jimmy Carter and the Easter Bunny can get through to Putin. If not, > they need to see the only thing they respect and that is strength. Appealing > to their (his) better nature is talking to something that does not exist. > I'm not advocating military action, but Russia has to see that there is a > price to pay. Being part of G-8 gives them credibility... which they do not > deserve. Kicking them out would be a humiliation. I'm not sure of all the > unintended consequences, but it certainly needs to be brought out as a > possibility. >
It appears Russia will be withdrawing from Georgia. Still, Georgia is a small country within the Russian sphere of influence, which leave the USA with few options when situation should as this arise: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/AR2008081303752.html?wpisrc=newsletter or http://tinyurl.com/5pvsbz > Y'all have no trouble calling Pres Bush a liar and a thug... couldn't you at > least extend the same courtesy to Putin? > I don't recall ever calling President Bush a liar or a thug. I did call into question the wisdom of starting a war with Iraq, when Iraq was never an imminent threat to the USA. Later, when it became clear that the justification for the war with Iraq was not true, (eg Saddam had no WMD and clearly was not an imminent threat to the USA), I had to question whether the Bush Administration was fixing the fact/intelligence around a policy to wage pre-emptive war Iraq. That question in the minds of many people has never been fully resolved to this day. I don't think it's appropriate to use the crisis in Georgia to posture along political partisan lines, when the emphasis should be on a united effort to help the people entangled in the Georgia-Russia military conflict. Regards, LelandJ > -- > Larry Miller > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/mixed > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > message/rfc822 > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
