Overnight on Aug 9th I see in the papers that Russia invaded little Georgia.
It is shocking and surprising.. I never thought the next war would spew in that region.
I read that there was a small conflict simmering in the region since a few years - South Ossetian separatists; Russia hated Georgia's moves to get cozy with the US, etc.
US had welcomed Georgia's participation in its Iraq operation and was pushing the other Western countries to accept Georgia into NATO.
As expected George W Bush has issued a warning to Russia saying - "Georgia is a sovereign country and its sovereignty must be respected".
After his recent "Saddam has WMD and so we should invade Iraq" eyewash, doesn't one feel he has lost the moral right to correct Russia?
BBC Links
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7551375.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7553144.stm
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