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2008-08-15 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian Cold War redux: Georgia war a conspiracy to elect McCain

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Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2008-08-15 01:08|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 has reverted to the old habits of Soviet years

Ah, it's nothing particular to the Soviet years. We have large print media which has seen a dramatic collapse in readership and ad revenue and they blame everything but their own crappy product. Then again....they do seem to carry what is considered by some here to be the old Soviet orthodoxy.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-08-15 08:29|| 2008-08-15 08:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Robert Scheer in The Nation is repeating this, IIUC.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-08-15 09:33|| 2008-08-15 09:33|| Front Page Top

#3 I do believe that qualifies as an endorsement of the lightworker.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2008-08-15 09:33|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2008-08-15 09:33|| Front Page Top

#4 If you can't explain it as a conspiracy theory, don't bother.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-08-15 09:59|| 2008-08-15 09:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Obama! Now with the Putin seal of approval.

Posted by ed 2008-08-15 11:28|| 2008-08-15 11:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Say what you want about Bush, but whatever he does he almost always pisses off the right people.

Posted by Scott R 2008-08-15 11:58|| 2008-08-15 11:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Dont know about Putin, but his apologists in the west aint thrilled with Obamas words on this.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-08-15 12:06|| 2008-08-15 12:06|| Front Page Top

#8 The only way this helps McCain over Obama is if you assume Obama's response would be tepid and unpalatable to the American people. Says a lot more about the conspiracy mongers than anything else.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-08-15 12:21|| 2008-08-15 12:21|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah, using the Euro approach without a military will work for the O'man, just a whisper difference from McCain in some people's opinion.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-08-15 18:10|| 2008-08-15 18:10|| Front Page Top

#10 WAFF.com > RUSIA LOST THE [Georgian] WAR, as its decline has been such RUSSIA no longer was able to successfully milpol frighten or intimidate a smaller sovereign State; + LOOTING RUSSIAN SOLDIER [Georgia]: WE [Russia = Russ Army]SHOULD INVADE TURKEY NEXT.

Also from WAFF > WAPO - ANOTHER HARD LANDING FOR RUSSIA!? Despite appearances or facades to contrary, GEORGIAN WAR > Russia fears and may be facing ANOTHER 1989 or 1991 DESTABILIZATION AND LT BREAKUP, as per:

* WILL RUSSIAN FAR EAST = CHINESE COLONY?
* NORTHERN CAUCASUS = Break from Moscow's control?
* FORMER SOVIET/RUSSIAN SATRAPIES [SSRS + East Euros] = FUTURE MAJOR INDEPENDENT [Anti-Russ + non-Russ-controlled/centric, non-Aligned Nuke States]NUCLEAR POWERS, at Russ's doorstep in her own BackYard???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-08-15 21:27|| 2008-08-15 21:27|| Front Page Top

#11 So the Russians assume that as a result of their antics, John McCain will win the election? How can I argue with that?

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-08-15 23:39|| 2008-08-15 23:39|| Front Page Top

#12 Some Russians think that McCain may actually be better than Obama: old geezer with the Vietnam war syndrom, but a solid predicable politician with mainstream republican values - good for practical capitalism.

Posted by General_Comment 2008-08-15 23:50|| 2008-08-15 23:50|| Front Page Top

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