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ingac70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-13-08 06:18 AM
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1. I don't see how it will help McCain...
When crap like this used to go off, it was the US that was at the forefront of helping to curb or stop hostilities in a diplomatic way... this time it was France doing that.

Not to mention it looks like the Georgian Pres. was told the US had his back (militarily) if he wanted to start any shit, and did not deliver.
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  -Robert Scheer dons the tin-foil hat. Georgia War a Neocon Election Ploy to help McCain? jefferson_dem  Aug-13-08 06:11 AM   #0 
  - I don't see how it will help McCain...  ingac70   Aug-13-08 06:18 AM   #1 
  - Guess you didn't hear all the TV pundits saying it was like the 3 a.m. call and JSM III delivered,  Overseas   Aug-13-08 10:05 AM   #8 
  - Glad to see somebody else thought of this.  enough   Aug-13-08 06:55 AM   #2 
  - And hasn't McCain known Saakashvili for 25 years?  csziggy   Aug-13-08 10:00 AM   #7 
  - It crossed a lot of our mind, I'm sure.  REACTIVATED IN CT   Aug-13-08 12:08 PM   #18 
  - I thought of this but then I thought it was a little crazy. Implement a shooting war  CTyankee   Aug-13-08 06:59 AM   #3 
  - Sounds perfectly plausible to me. Think about the timing.  bklyncowgirl   Aug-13-08 07:00 AM   #4 
  - "bad things happen when Bush is on vacation" - When isn't he on vacation!!!  groovedaddy   Aug-13-08 07:04 AM   #5 
  - The timing? You mean a month before the high season of the campaign, while  Occam Bandage   Aug-13-08 10:07 AM   #9 
  - The Georgian President wears a flag pin...  CJCRANE   Aug-13-08 07:30 AM   #6 
  - This is the August surprise..the October surprise will be a terror attack or  cbc5g   Aug-13-08 10:07 AM   #10 
  - I'm thinking the August surprise will be kept on the "warm" setting just in case...  nc4bo   Aug-13-08 11:55 AM   #14 
  - Well, Georgia DID start this crisis  IWantAnyDem   Aug-13-08 10:08 AM   #11 
  - Saakashvili quoted McCain this morning on CNN - I thought that quite strange.  sparosnare   Aug-13-08 10:11 AM   #12 
  - Thom Hartmann is talking up the article on his program this morning  eleny   Aug-13-08 11:44 AM   #13 
  - Similar take in William Pfaff essay  central scrutinizer   Aug-13-08 12:01 PM   #15 
  - Many of us have said that  48percenter   Aug-13-08 12:02 PM   #16 
  - So...we tricked Georgia into invading...so Russia would strike back...  theboss   Aug-13-08 12:03 PM   #17 
  - Which part don't you get?  ContinentalOp   Aug-13-08 12:25 PM   #19 
     - The part where Russia gobbles up Georgia  theboss   Aug-13-08 12:41 PM   #20 
        - It's not good for us.  ContinentalOp   Aug-13-08 12:52 PM   #21 
        - So Scheunemann sacrified Georgia for a two point bump for McCain?  theboss   Aug-13-08 12:54 PM   #23 
        - The point is that it's perceived to be good for McCain when he has some red meat flavored  jefferson_dem   Aug-13-08 12:54 PM   #22 
           - I don't believe they would manufacture a crisis that benefits Russia this much  theboss   Aug-13-08 12:56 PM   #24 
              - Their bumbling incompetence should be more than apparent to you by now.  dave123williams   Aug-13-08 09:15 PM   #26 
              - How does this benefit Russia?  ContinentalOp   Aug-13-08 09:56 PM   #28 
                 - Because, um, it's Russia  theboss   Aug-14-08 01:20 PM   #29 
  - Perhaps the administration can explain to us what Condi was doing in Tblisi on July 9?  dave123williams   Aug-13-08 09:12 PM   #25 
  - My guess is that the Russians would love to see a continuation of ruinous Republican policies  depakid   Aug-13-08 09:17 PM   #27 
 

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