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2008-08-14 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Rejuvenated Georgian President Cites U.S. Ties as "Turning Point" in Conflict

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Posted by ed 2008-08-14 11:14|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Was it a profound miscalculation?
Only time will tell. It was very bad for him militarily, but politically it has not had time to digest yet. Having said that, he may very well have screwed the pooch on this one.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-08-14 11:45|| 2008-08-14 11:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Or Russia did. As you say, only time will tell.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-08-14 12:30|| 2008-08-14 12:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Two mistakes were made, one by either side. Russia's was worse and will, in the long run, cost them heavily. Putin cost Russia a lot of goodwill with this invasion, goodwill he might desperately wish he had if he has to deal with Chinese incursions in Siberia.

He should have thought about that 8 million Russians/100 million Chinese population disparity out there before he blithely went about invading places he wasn't happy with.

Posted by Spike Speaque2226 2008-08-14 20:41|| 2008-08-14 20:41|| Front Page Top

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