Further thoughts on the developing crisis… Whose Fault?In an earlier post I suggested that the question of moral righteousness in this war is muddled; both Georgia and Russia have plausible justice claims, and as such the determination of “fault” can’t really depend on an evaluation of principle. This pushes practical questions into the foreground, and […]
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How better to explain that the war between Georgia and Russia is no longer the number one story on CNN or Memeorandum or ABC or CBS? To their extraordinary credit, the New York Times, NBC, and Fox New
[I would redirect people towards this post (a more recent analysis) and this one (a roundup of the morning’s news and analysis] We’re likely to here quite a lot from the right about Russia
Looks like we have a situation developing between Russia and Georgia. Were I Saakashvili, I probably wouldn’t have picked this fight… …Doug Merrill has an update on the situation, and provides a link to Tblisis based Wu Wei. The Tblisi airport appears to have been bombed.
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