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Friday, August 08, 2008
Whoops!
Four days ago, in response to comments by John McCain regarding Russia and Communist China, I wrote this:
Russia has also received criticism regarding its interference in Georgia and its occupation of Chechnya. The criticism in the former is undoubtedly deserved, but Georgia is still its own country...
Well, Georgia is still its own country, but my implied statement (that Russia was not occupying Georgia) evaporated this morning (National Review Online - The Corner). I still think McCain was far too optimistic on Communist China, but I'm willing to move a lot closer to his skepticism on Putinist Russia now.
Cross-posted to the China e-Lobby
Posted by D.J. McGuire on August 8, 2008 in International Affairs | Permalink
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Two notes:
1. This is a proxy war about access to resources. The US (and the west in general) have propped up Georgia for quite a while and even dangled the carrot of NATO membership in front of it's nose.
2. The two "provinces" in question made it clear several times over that they don't want to be part of Georgia, they rather want to be independent and strongly aligned with Russia.
Posted by: Snowrunner | 2008-08-08 11:33:01 AM
Both countries are an absolute write off as far as I am concerned. Putin will turn Russia into his own little KGB fiefdom. Poor as dirt and not worth risking to do business with.
Posted by: Faramir | 2008-08-08 1:22:00 PM
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