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Poles Get Cooperative

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On August 14, 2008
This can happen when you adopt a foreign policy of intimidation (neocons take note...):Poland and the United States reached an agreement Thursday to base American missile interceptors in Poland, the prime minister said, going ahead with a plan that has angered Russia and threatened to...

Hints of an Offensive?

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On August 13, 2008
This NYT article sheds some light on the question of US awareness of Georgian military preparations. At the State Department in Washington, Mr. Fried, the top envoy for the region, received a phone call on Thursday from Georgia’s foreign minister, Eka Tkeshelashvili, who said the...

Ceasefire

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On August 13, 2008

Russia and Georgia have agreed to a ceasefire, although it appears that there is still some shooting going on near Gori. I think that Kevin Drum's assessment of what happened.

US Tried to Restrain Georgia?

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On August 12, 2008
Kevin Drum links to an article by Jonathan Landay indicating that the United States did its best to restrain Georgia, and that while it anticipated a strong Russia reaction within South Ossetia, it didn't foresee the larger Russian counter-offensive. This runs strongly counter to Adrian...

The Gori Details

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On August 12, 2008

The Times has a fairly grim account of the Georgian retreat from Gori:The Georgian Army was in complete disarray last night after troops and tanks fled the town of Gori.

Gorbachev Weighs In…

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On August 11, 2008

For what it's worth.What happened on the night of Aug. 7 is beyond comprehension. The Georgian military attacked the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali with multiple rocket launchers designed to.

Gori Falls; Russians Moving on Tblisi

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On August 11, 2008
Fox News (which has been solid on this thus far):Russian forces swept across Georgia on Monday, capturing the town of Gori and moving to within 35 miles of the capital city Tbilisi, FOX News confirmed.Georgia reportedly was rushing more than 1,000 troops to Tbilisi in...
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