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War in Georgia

Today, Mikheil Saakashvili has an editorial in the Wall Street Journal wherein he expounds on the reasons the West should intervene in the conflict.

On Friday, hundreds of Russian tanks crossed into Georgian territory, and Russian air force jets bombed Georgian airports, bases, ports and public markets. Many are dead, many more wounded. This invasion, which [...]

Why Americans should worry about the war for control of South Ossetia

The U.S. has courted the country of Georgia for some years now. But why? It’s a tiny nation of only five million. One part of the complex answer is simple - oil.
Georgia sits in a tough neighborhood, shoulder to shoulder with huge Russia, not far from Iran, and astride one of the most important crossroads [...]