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- On The Hill: Congressional Leaders Condemn Russian Invasion
  Posted by mediaman
  While President Bush and the two men who would succeed him have taken the headlines in responding to Russia's week-old military operation in neighboring Georgia, top House Democrats and Republicans have added their voices to the criticism. Leaders from both parties released a rare joint statement condemning Russia's actions.
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- IDF vets who trained Georgia troops say war with Russia is no surp
  Posted by theangryindian from Angryindian.blogspot
  For the past few days, since fighting broke out in the Caucasus, 24-year-old L. from central Israel has been trying to phone the group of Georgian combat soldiers he had been training in Georgia up to a few months ago.
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- US begins flying Georgian troops home from Iraq
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  The U.S. military began flying 2,000 Georgian troops home from Iraq on Sunday, military officials said, after the Georgians recalled the soldiers following the outbreak of fighting with Russia in the breakaway province of South Ossetia. The decision was a timely payback for the former Soviet republic that has been a staunch U.S. supporter and agreed to send troops to Iraq as part of the U.S.-led coalition. Georgia was the third-largest contributor of coalition forces after the U.S. and Britain, and most of its troops were stationed near the Iranian border in southeastern Iraq.
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- Will Russia get away with it?
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  Not that I ever agree with Bill Kristol - but I am glad he highlighted what I saw as one of the most pathetic aspects of Bush's Russia diplomacy failures. Georgia is the Republic with the third highest number of troops in Iraq - after Britain (2,000). So, while they are fighting Bush's war in Iraq, they lack 2,000 men at home to defend themselves against dictator Putin. Bush has failed to address Russia's democratic collapse throughout his entire term. It's one of his greatest failures.
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- Russia, Georgia troops battle on border
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  The fighting, which devastated the capital of Tskhinvali, threatened to ignite a wider war between Georgia and Russia, and escalate tensions between Moscow and Washington. Georgia said it was forced to launch the assault because of rebel attacks; the separatists alleged Georgia violated a cease-fire.
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- Emo and goth to be made illegal in Russia
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  Last month a parliamentary committee was convened to discuss a draft proposal of the Russian government's Government Strategy In The Sphere Of Spiritual And Ethical Education bill, the details of which were leaked to The Moscow Times. The newspaper subsequently reported that, among other things, the draft bill dubbed the musical movements a "dangerous teen trend" and called for emo and goth websites to be regulated and young people dressing like emos or goths to be banned from entering schools and government buildings.
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- KP.RU // Hate crimes in Russia: Citizens of former Soviet republics fear Russia's streets
  Posted by kpmarshall
  VERY interesting article on Russia's xenophobia from a Russian perspective. Published in Russia's largest daily.
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acommontater comments on:
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McCain denounced Russia as a KGB run state and has called to oust Russia from the G8. How will this partnership be affected if he gets voted in?

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5:26 am 10/07/08
amanda8595 comments on:
Will Russia get away with it?

Communists are great !
Don’t you think the fight is perfectly similar with the Korean War in 1951 between China and America ?! Just a kind of self-protection. Much better than the invaders!
The real guy who needs to stay where they belong is the one who should GET AWAY FROM IRAQ right now !!!

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8:51 pm 8/12/08
amanda8595 comments on:
Will Russia get away with it?

Putin is great !

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6:39 pm 8/11/08
Mahatma comments on:
Russia, Georgia troops battle on border

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This scenario of positively re-enforcing the kill could ease the pain of human slaughter and give a real sense of total accomplishment. The possibilities are endless. I wonder if drone pilots get better VA benefits than the rest of the "combat" vets do?

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I think they work well – I need to fix the formatting bug.

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I dunno yet, lets find out.

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