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  • Georgia on My Mind (No, not that Georgia)

    09/08/2008 4:28:35 AM PDT · by ottbmare · 22 replies · 148+ views
    New York Times ^ | 09-07-08 | Thomas Friedman
    We’re going to spend $1 billion to fix the Georgia between Russia and Turkey, not the one between South Carolina and Florida. Sorry, but the thought of us spending $1 billion to repair a country whose president, though a democrat, recklessly provoked a war with a brutish Russia, which was itching to bash its neighbor, makes no sense to me. Yes, we should diplomatically squeeze Russia until it withdraws its troops; no one should be invading neighbors. But where are our priorities? How many wars can we fight at once without finishing even one? Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and now...