Georgian “Democracy”

Posted by Patrick Semmens in August 18th 2008

Just a thought: Russia and Georgia… more similar than different?
For more on the conflict, I highly recommend this interview of Pat Buchanan (who is about as far from pro-Russian as anyone) by Scott Horton of Anti-War.com

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The Georgia-Russia Conflict Is Not Munich

Posted by Patrick Semmens in August 14th 2008

“To hawks, it is always 1938, and every adversary is the next Hitler.”

Given the recent saber-rattling from US policy makers over Georgia, this article by Ted Galen Carpenter (of the Cato Institute) seems particularly on point:

The World War II experience is so pervasive in American culture that it’s nearly imprinted on the national DNA. People [...]

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Kudos to George W. Bush

Posted by Jonathan Bydlak in July 6th 2008

I don’t get a chance to applaud George Bush often, but I figure that it’s particularly appropriate in the case of Bush deciding to attend the Summer Olympics in Beijing. I find it interesting that Bush is doing the right thing despite John McCain and Barack Obama both being on the record stating that they [...]

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