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Bush team bungled big time on Georgia fiasco
By MARTIN SIEFFThe scale of the Bush administration's failures in Georgia is now becoming clear: The issue was not just a routine bungle; it was a fiasco of monumental proportions. First, the State Department at least was not oblivious to the rising tensions between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia; it could, in fact, hardly have missed them, since the Moscow newspapers have been full of almost nothing else since the beginning of this year. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Daniel Fried, her point man on Georgian affairs, both had solemnly warned Russia repeatedly to lay off Georgia. They just never imagined the Russians would ignore them and go ahead anyway. Posted by: john frum 2008-08-14 |
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