So do many Democrats....imagine that, Democrats and Communist on the same anti-American page. But don’t you dare question their patriotism....
Ian Traynor, Europe editor
guardian.co.uk
Thursday August 28 2008 18:09 BST
The Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin, claimed today the Caucasus crisis was started by the Americans as an election campaign ploy.
As Russia found itself increasingly isolated internationally because of its invasion of Georgia and its decision to recognise two breakaway regions of Georgia as independent states, Putin suggested the Georgia war had been cooked up in Washington to create a neo-cold war climate that would strengthen John McCain's bid for the White House and wreck the prospects of Barack Obama.
Following yesterday's denunciation of Russian conduct by the G7 grouping of the big industrial democracies, Russia's key allies resisted Moscow's pressure today for support over Georgia.
At a summit in Tajikistan of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, which Putin set up seven years ago as a foil to western power, China and four former Soviet central Asian states called for respect for the territorial integrity of states and criticised the use of force to redraw borders, effectively delivering a rebuke of Russian conduct.
President Dmitry Medvedev went to the meeting in Dushanbe, the Tajikistan capital, to try to drum up support for Russia's position, but the summit statement only served to highlight Russia's worsening isolation.
"Russia does not feel isolated and is not afraid to be isolated," said Yevgeniy Chizhov, the Russian ambassador in Brussels.
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From the man who ordered the planing and execution of the invasion of Georgia.