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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Europe - Aug 27, 2008
Russia's conflict with Georgia is the sign of a "weak" Russian nation, not a newly assertive one, and Moscow now has put its place in the world order at risk, the top U.S. diplomat for relations with the country said …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns - Aug 22, 2008
Ideas are circulating about how to punish Russia for invading Georgia, but the West's focus should be on deterring aggression, not exacting revenge. Moscow's aim is broader than most have stated. It is not seeking …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns - Aug 22, 2008
Read the first five paragraphs of the NATO statement on the Russian invasion of Georgia and you will find not a hint of who invaded whom. The statement is almost comically evenhanded. "We deplore all loss of life," it …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns - Aug 22, 2008
TBILISI, Georgia -- Given the tremendous damage Russia inflicted on Georgia, it is easy to conclude that Moscow has achieved its objectives. But so far Moscow has failed in its real goal -- getting rid of Mikheil …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns - Aug 19, 2008
The nation of Georgia is a place of inspiration and danger. I saw both in a single hour.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns - Aug 19, 2008
It was February 2006 in Munich, and John McCain's eyes were flashing with the mischievous spark that comes when he's about to fire a verbal rocket. "I've got a zinger coming," he told me, referring to a speech on …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns - Aug 19, 2008
Forty years ago this week, on the night of Aug. 20-21, 1968, thousands of tanks and hundreds of thousands of Soviet and Warsaw Pact soldiers entered Czechoslovakia. The goal of the invasion was straightforward: to …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - In The Loop - Aug 18, 2008
Whatever you do, do not call the events at the upcoming presidential conventions that feature Kanye West and the band Daughtry "concerts."
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns - Aug 18, 2008
As Russian forces loot and occupy a neighboring state, conscripting Georgian civilians at gunpoint to sweep their city streets, it's not uncommon, in Moscow or in Washington, to find America at fault.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns - Aug 17, 2008
Last August, John McCain's campaign was a guttering candle, out of money but flush with half-baked ideas that were unlikely to be improved by further baking. Anyway, to have many ideas is to have too many for a …
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