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When they met Western journalists, they all said the same thing: Where is the United States? When is NATO coming?

Well, they can expect awesome speeches, and I imagine the rest of the borders states with Russia should understand that they are alone as well. I suppose this was partially the point of this little Russian stretching of legs.

1 posted on 08/11/2008 4:35:33 PM PDT by Flavius
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To: Flavius

I don’t think Georgia is a member of NATO or the EU.


2 posted on 08/11/2008 4:39:14 PM PDT by Republicus2001
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To: Flavius

“Where is the United States? When is NATO coming?”

Interesting questions. They should ask their own leaders whether the United States and Nato were informed of the ill-made plans to capture the territory while all the world leaders were away at Beijing?


4 posted on 08/11/2008 4:42:37 PM PDT by Shermy (OOOOOOObama where the waffles come sweeping down the plains)
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I can picture the editors at the New York Times. “Write two stories, one blasting the US for getting involved, and another blasting the US for not getting involved. We’ll decide which one to run when we see what happens”.


5 posted on 08/11/2008 4:44:17 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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When is NATO coming?

Georgia is not a member of NATO.

Not sure NATO is ready to crank up WWIII over a poorly planned attempt at cross checking the Russians.

Did they really expect Putin to just let it go? They are RIGHT THERE across the border.

About like Mexico trying to recapture Texas.

7 posted on 08/11/2008 4:52:38 PM PDT by xsrdx (Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
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To: Flavius

nytimes alert.


9 posted on 08/11/2008 4:55:59 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: Flavius
Where is the United States? When is NATO coming?

That's easy.
You're not Muslims.

Sadly, that would almost seem to be an operative factor in today's
USA/NATO "rescue missions".
15 posted on 08/11/2008 5:19:47 PM PDT by VOA
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Where is the West, where is NATO”?

Suing for peace to try and salvage something out of this war, that being a Democratic Georgian State, not a Moscow puppet.

War is politics by other means, the Georgians, though righteous, made a grave error, better to cut losses then to prod the Bear when you cannot fight well.

I bet there are Chechens smiling bitterly at the moment.


16 posted on 08/11/2008 5:25:44 PM PDT by padre35 (Conservative in Exile/ Romans 10.10/Eze 11.2)
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