Word: russian
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Pointing Fingers Over Georgia Has Zbigniew Brzezinski [Aug. 25] forgotten that the U.S. invaded Iraq under false pretenses and is still there? Is it so different from the Russian invasion of Georgia? Bernard Saint-Jacques, NORTH VANCOUVER...
Brzezinski is right in demanding that Russia fully align with international cooperation and consensus, but at the same time the U.S. has not lived up to these standards much in recent years. How hypocritical is that? Imagine a separate New Mexico state electing a Russian-educated President and piling up Russian-supplied weapons. If a section of the population there, supported by U.S. Latinos, were to be assaulted by this Russian-focused regime, how would the U.S. handle it? This is not to say Russia should be left alone to deal with things the way that suits it best...
...rickety Trabant, ubiquitous passenger car of the GDR. Just last week, former Berlin Senator for Cultural Affairs Thomas Flierl denounced as "tasteless mockery" the service that allows tourists at the old "Checkpoint Charlie" crossing between the two sides of Berlin to be photographed with actors dressed as U.S. and Russian soldiers...
...Adding urgency to the current discussions is the Russian invasion of Georgia, which has raised fears not just in Turkey but also in the West that instability in the region could interrupt energy supplies from the Caspian through Turkey to Western consumers. Ankara hopes its proposed "platform" would help reduce regional tensions...
...Armenia is particularly eager to find a way to reopen its border with Turkey, because it is currently forced to conduct its international trade via Georgia's Black Sea ports. That corridor has been squeezed by the Russian military action in Georgia; a key railway bridge was mined and the port of Poti remains occupied by Russian troops...