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...more of the same will not suffice.” Barroso, a former Portuguese prime minister educated in Lisbon, Geneva, and Washington, D.C., focused his remarks on what he saw as the dilemmas of an increasingly globalized, interdependent world. Citing the present financial crisis and violence in Georgia as examples of the interconnectedness of today’s world, he referred to challenges that had “no respect for national frontiers.” Barroso pointed to the increasing utility of “soft power,” which he defined almost exclusively in diplomatic and cultural...
...Palin’s response to the recent Russia-Georgia conflict indicates the Republican ticket’s willingness to follow in the Bush administration’s footsteps when it comes to using—or misusing—“democracy” to justify an aggressive, bellicose foreign policy. “We’ve got to keep an eye on Russia,” Ms. Palin told Mr. Gibson. Referring to this summer’s Russia-Georgia conflict, Ms. Palin scolded Russia for its aggressive actions in Georgia. “For Russia...
...only after the Georgian offensive that Russia intervened. And while Russia’s response was disproportionate, one would be hard pressed to argue that Georgia did not know that their actions would provoke a Russian reaction. As James Traub wrote in The New York Times, Georgia’s Columbia-educated, Western-backed president Mikheil Saakashvili “has played a dangerous game of baiting the Russian bear.” It seems that Mr. Saakashvilli not only may have led his now devastated country into an avoidable war, but also sparked a shift in American political discourse...
...Take back parts of the South, winning Virginia, North Carolina and, maybe -just maybe - Georgia...
...earliest famous cases dealing with the issue, the NAACP objected to a 1972 political ad from a U.S. Senate candidate in Georgia named J.B. Stoner who was running on the National States Rights Party ticket. Stoner called himself a "white racist," and his ad said the "main reason why niggers want integration is because niggers want our white women." The Federal Communications Commission forced stations in Atlanta to accept the ad, citing freedom-of-speech protections...