He is telling them to get out of Georgia. All of Georgia, no exceptions.
"A major issue is Russia's contention that the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia may not be a part of Georgia's future. But these regions are a part of Georgia," Bush said. "There's no room for debate on this matter."
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On Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Georgia could, "forget about any talk about … territorial integrity."
Sounds like Cold War to me.
However, as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived at Bush's ranch at 5:30 a.m. Saturday to brief the president on negotiations in Tbilisi, Georgia, she told reporters Russia faces a choice "to act in a 21st-century way, [to] fully integrate into the international institutions.
Clearly, the current American administration views Russia in the same light it viewed Saddam Hussein's Iraq when it invaded and occupied Kuwait.
"They have a kind of imperial hangover," said Fred Starr, a professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. "They haven't adjusted to post-Soviet reality."
Indeed. Russia's playing a dangerous game. Call it Russian Roulette if you want. Sure, Russia has nuclear weapons, but, obviously, it's been hard for them to maintain their stocks thereof, including modes of delivery, like intercontinental bombers, although Russia does allegedly have state-of-the-art ICBM technology to deliver nuclear warheads.
But then again, the United States, despite having so much manpower and equipment invested in Iraq and Afghanistan, is still a superior power compared to Russia.
I'd conclude that Russia is at a serious disadvantage compared to America, though, of course, the American military obviously cannot afford the luxury of agreeing with me.
This is clearly an historical situation to watch closely.
I remember watching, live on CNN, the fall of the Soviet Union and its Communism. It was exciting then for me, as a high-school student. Now I'm watching again... and see the old Evil Empire attempting to rise again.
The question is: Will the Free World allow Russia to restore its Soviet-style superpower status via the invasion and occupation of other sovereign nations?
We'll see soon enough. We'll see whether the world has learned the lessons of history... or is doomed to repeat it.
In the meantime, the People of the Free World must stand against Russia and support sovereign Georgia. The People of the Free World must make their voice heard by their leaders, that Russia must not be permitted to restore the Evil Empire of the USSR.
It'll be interesting to observe the Far Left now. Will they stop calling America and Bush bad things and start calling Russia and Putin bad things instead? Nah!!! After all, they're afflicted with Leftist Mental Disorder and will not condemn Russia's ill-advised attempt at an imperial march towards a renewal of the old Evil Empire of the USSR. I mean, like hell the billionaire leaders of the Far Left will bite the Communist hand that feeds them...
