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Near the brink in Georgia - Ben Smith: Near the brink in Georgia February 03, 2010 Near the brink in Georgia I have a story today on a fascinating new book on the Georgia war of 2008: President George W. Bush and his senior aides considered — and rejected — a military response to Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia, according to a new history of the conflict and interviews with former officials in the Bush administration. With desperate Georgians begging for American help in closing down the key route through which Russian soldiers were pouring into the country, Bush’s national...