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Georgia: our next entangling alliance?(Inside Track)
Russia's recent war with Georgia and the ensuing military occupation, which shows every sign of permanency, is a reminder of the folly of committing America to entangling alliances in areas of the world that are none of our concern. Both Georgia and the Ukraine, former Soviet republics, have been agitating for admittance into NATO, and although NATO denied them in March of this year, it has promised them membership at an unspecified future date, much to Moscow's consternation.
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Georgia's American-backed "Rose Revolution" in 2003 overthrew autocrat and Soviet holdover Eduard Shevardnadze and replaced him with Mikheil Saakashvili, a staunch American ally. It was Saakashvili who had a street in the Georgian capital Tbilisi renamed for George W. Bush; Saakashvili also sent several thousand Georgian troops to fight ...
- Saakashvili in Washington; U.S. should help Georgia on South Ossetia.(OPED)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times August 6, 2004 700+ words
...the region. South Ossetia emerged from...Russia. The United States shares many of...colonel commands South Ossetia's military...change. The United States should do two...unequivocally to back off South Ossetia. Second, Washington...
- UNSC again fails to agree on South Ossetia ceasefire call.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. August 10, 2008 700+ words
...to stop. The United States and Britain are...retake by force South Ossetia which has a large...world, and the United States in particular...decision by the United States and Europe to...separatists in South Ossetia, the paper said...
- Russia, Georgia rattle sabers over Ossetia; South Ossetia is pushing hard to...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor August 1, 2006 700+ words
...Monitor TSKHINVALI, SOUTH OSSETIA -- South Ossetia...solve the problem of South Ossetia and Abkhazia," says...relationship with the United States, the European Council...using force to rein in South Ossetia. But unlike Kosovo...
- Russian president pledges to rebuild South Ossetia
- Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune ELLEN BARRY The New York Times July 14, 2009 700+ words
...breakaway territory of South Ossetia on Monday, inspecting...Russia and the United States after the presidential...sidestepped the issue of South Ossetia and Abkhazia...its support of South Ossetia in the warming Russian-United States relationship...
- Georgia: Escalation of Violence in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire July 15, 2008 700+ words
...of Violence in South Ossetia and Abkhazia...DC -- The United States is concerned...Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia...April 2008. The United States fully supports...Abkhazia and South Ossetia. ((M2 Communications...
- U.S. donates $2 million for Georgias South Ossetia region.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire June 15, 2006 700+ words
...Brussels for Georgias South Ossetia region marked an important...recognized borders. The United States pledged $2 million...phases of Georgias South Ossetia settlement plan: confidence...territorial integrity. The United States intends to build on...
- Too Small To Be A Nation.(Periscope; SEPARATIST REGIONS)(questions on South...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Wentworth, Travis September 8, 2008 700+ words
...permanent population. South Ossetia arguably lacks all of...Prospects are bleak: the United States, Britain and France...Council leverage to veto South Ossetia's and Abkhazia's...exasperation of Europe and the United States.
- Tensions Flare Up In Russia, Georgia; Moscow Says South Ossetia Was Attacked
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Philip P Pan August 2, 2009 700+ words
...blocked from entering South Ossetia and said it needed...aggression against South Ossetia and attacking the Russian...controlled territory and South Ossetia, which Russia recognizes...officials urged the United States to join the E.U...
