While Americans are distracted…
By Peter | Thursday, August 28th, 2008 | PolicyThe Olympics, Iraq and Afghanistan, the elections, and failure to act at the last meeting of NATO are all conditions that reporter and columnist Melik Kaylan states led to Russia’s action in Georgia.
Kaylan also interviewed Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili to get the back-story as to why Georgia acted when it did. The answers are very frank and disturbing.
But most of all, when it comes to the perception of the U.S. and it’s capabilities in this conflict, perhaps this statement is most telling:
“If America thinks it is too weak to do anything about Georgia,” said Mr. Saakashvili, “you should understand how the Russians see it, how much Moscow respects a strong United States — or at least a U.S. that believes in its own strength.”
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