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Dear Mr Ray,
Thank you very much for this article. There is a lot of nonsense
being bandied about in sections of the US media about the war in
Georgia though it is clear that not many of the people here are
buying the pitch. Even some conservative groups have been skeptical
about the nonsense being bandied about.
Earlier today I posted a note on Mike Smith's blog on Politico.com, a
prominent non-partisan political website in Washington which is cut
and pasted below. I have also been monitoring the conservative talk
shows on radio here - this is the preferred medium of the
conservatives in the USA. Suffice it to say that anti Russian
propaganda has not found takers even within this community.
Interestingly, COndoleeza Rice has been attacked by a couple of
conservative commentators because she has not come out to condemn the
Russians like they hoped she would - she is a fluent Russian speaker
and the New York Times produced intelligence assessments from within
the CIA which said that until the Georgians actually went into South
OSsetia there was no Russian mobilisation of forces at all. My
feeling is that Ms RIce has taken care not to fall into a trap and
hence the attacks on her from the Conservative side will only
increase in the days to come. This is going to be an interesting
development to watch in Washington far beyond the end of hostilities
in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Best wishes,
Mehul Kamdar
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0808/McCain_says_Russia_w
ants_to_restore_old_regional_influence.html#comments
The fact about the Georgian crisis is that it makes the Republicans
look ignorant - and that is a charitable assessment. ANyone who knows
the recent history of that region would laugh at the mention of
Sakashvili as a "democratically elected president" considering how he
nearly pulled a coup off after a vote counting scandal where Eduard
Shavardnadze was called the winner. Additionally, The New York Times
went into the history of the conflict in detail and clearly pointed
out that intelligence assessments in the USA indicated that there had
been no mobilization of Russian troops in preparation to invade
Georgia prior to the Georgian forces' miscalculation in trying to
retake Ossetia. What must irk the Republicans - and I am no Obama
supporter - is the fact that the speed of the Russian operation and
their quick cessation of hostilities after they ahd achieved the aim
of routing the Georgian military must make the war in Iraq look like
an act of monumental idiocy. This country is now on the brink of
economic disaster and of a national weariness as far as competing
with the rest of the world is concerned thanks to the expense and the
difficulties in fighting a war that has dragged on long after victory
was declared. Russia was exerting its influence in its part of the
world? You bet it was. The Cuban missile crisis is a far better
equivalent to compare this to than the German annexation of
Sudetenland. Don't believe me? Israel and Germany, two staunch US
allies, have refused to condemn the Russians. In fact, Germany vetoed
Georgian plans to join NATO a couple of years ago. Mc Cain would only
make a fool of himself if he continues to dwell on this. He has been
doing well in the polls recently. Perhaps, he too, like his opponent,
has a death-wish as far as becoming President is concerned.
Posted By: Mehul Kamdar | August 12, 2008 at 10:58 AM
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