Russian Assault on Georgia
August 11th, 2008 -- Posted in World Politics | 9 Comments »For the past two days I have watched with disdain, the excessive use of force by the Russian military against civilian targets in the Democratic Republic of Georgia. On Sunday night, watching late edition on CNN, President Saakashvili gave a pitiful request for help. I mean, the guy looked stressed, you should have seen the way he was talking on a cellphone underground somewhere… it was not very presidential to say the least. Russia has always had some dislike for the West, in particular Vladimir Putin who blames America for the collapse of the glorious Soviet Union. This observation was made by former secretary Madeline Albright who includes this observation in her book: “A Memo To The President Elect.”
We have all born witness to the decreasing democracy within Russia as Prime Minister Putin shifted from the forefront of Russian politics to pulling the strings of President Medvedev in the shadows. There should only be two questions on everyone’s minds, how far will Russia go and what do they want? The President of Georgia has been suggesting that the rest of the world should commit to defending Georgia militarily however given Russia’s control of Europe’s energy, i don’t see that happening.
America is already committed to Iraq and Afghanistan, defending Georgia would be the final push the Russian’s needed for World War 3. What that might entail I don’t know, but Prime Minister Putin is a smart guy and if everything former Secretary Albright observed is correct, the Prime Minister has crafted an effective strategy to restore Russia to its former glory including all the territories it lost in previous years.
