Sound familiar. Our feckless foreign policy goes back a ways if - TopicsExpress



          

Sound familiar. Our feckless foreign policy goes back a ways if feckless is defined as not going to war with Russia. From Wikipedia Russo Georgian War, from section on international reaction: United States — U.S. president George W. Bushs statement to Russia was: Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century.[345] Russia has invaded a sovereign neighbouring state and threatens a democratic government elected by its people, said Mr Bush. Such an action is unacceptable in the 21st century. [346] The US Embassy in Georgia, describing the Matthew Bryza press-conference, called the war an incursion by one of the worlds strongest powers to destroy the democratically elected government of a smaller neighbor.[347] Initially the Bush Administration considered a military response to defend Georgia, but such an intervention was ruled out due to the inevitable conflict it would lead to with Russia.[348][349] Instead, Bush opted for a softer option by sending humanitarian supplies to Georgia by military, rather than civilian, aircraft.[348][349]
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 06:50:28 +0000

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