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...course. But as the crowd strolled home, passing by a golden statue of St George, Georgia's patron saint, the locals hummed their national songs, talked quietly amongst themselves and savored the knowledge that for now, at least, they are not alone...
...Everyone mentioned the war. Georgian singer Buba Kikabidze said he was returning awards given to him by the Russian government and would cancel an upcoming concert at the Kremlin. Fellow singer Tamriko Chokhonelidze said she was sorry that the invader was an orthodox Christian nation, just as Georgia is, but "our spirit will make us have more children and our children will be speaking and singing Georgian." Georgian mothers, she said, will always sing lullabies to their children. Every so often, a speaker would shout "Long live!" and the crowd responded instantly with "Georgia...
President George W. Bush jacked up Washington's response to the crisis in Georgia this morning, declaring "solidarity with the Georgian people" after a series of meetings with intelligence and national security advisers in which reports of continuing movements by Russian forces in the region raised fears that Moscow might still be pursuing military ambitions in the country. The sum effect of Bush's statements was to turn what had been a cautious approach from Washington into an aggressive one, and it raised the possibility of a sharper confrontation with Moscow...
Bush raised the rhetorical temperature several degrees in his statement. "Russia's ongoing action raised serious questions about its intentions in Georgia and the region," Bush said in a Rose Garden announcement Wednesday. In a veiled threat of isolating Russia from the World Trade Organization, the G-8 and the NATO consultative relationship it has held for more than a decade, Bush said Russia was "putting its aspirations [of international integration] at risk...
...announcement represents a fairly aggressive, two-pronged response to Russia's failure to comply with the cease-fire it signed. On the one hand, Bush's rhetoric was more one-sided in support of Georgia than it has been, and he indicated that Rice would reinforce that support. In Georgia, he said, Rice "will personally convey America's unwavering support for Georgia's democratic government. On this trip she will continue our efforts to rally the free world in the defense of a free Georgia...