Bush to address crisis with Russia

Kosovo has one S. Just shows how much you know about that. Second, Bill Clinton did not solve anything in Kosovo, it attacked sovereign country - Serbia, bombed it for 77 days for sole reason of taking that province away from Serbia and creating first NATO country in the heart of Eastern Europe. What do you think - is that democracy ? Why was bombing of Serbia not an "aggression on sovereign country" but bombing of Georgia is? How is that different. What about thousands of people that died back than from US aggression? Only idiots believe in democracy and "spreading of freedom" as Bush likes to put it. It does not matter who is the president of US, their agenda is always the same - conquer the world. If US can attack Serbia, Russia has the same right to attack Georgia. Bush wanted to do the same with Georgia as Clinton did with Kosovo. This is what happens - it's very logical consequence. Someone finally has to stop this US imperialism.

Call it what you want . You don't want to live in the US if we came in 5th in the world standing. We have to be number 1 for you to enjoy the freedoms of leaving in the country.

WE need to be #1 to defend our freedoms indeed. That means not voluntarily giving up our military supremacy and also not giving up our energy supremacy. Both of these are in serious question if Obama becomes president. God help us if that happens! We may well loose our $1 position in the world from which we can protect our freedoms and our way of life.

Also, Russia Supporter is correct on Kosovo. We were on the wrong side. How can we justify supporting Islamic terrorists against the Christian European sovereign nation. All we heard about were the rapes taking place against Muslim women (sad of course) but the real travesty there was that these poor Muslim women were raped then thrown out by their husbands as impure. That was the real travesty that their husbands didn't take them to their hearts and sorrow with them for their pain and suffering, but threw them out without food or lodging like yesterday's trash.

Rapes were going on on both sides but the men of the European ancestry did not curse their wives for surviving the rape and not being killed to defend their virtue. So there wasn't such a big story.

We bombed and bombed the poor country into submission when we should have helped them get rid of the scourge that Europe is beginning to learn is a scourge--their Muslim population.

Look at even the Chinese Olympics. Who are they having all the security set up to protect the world's athletes against--their Muslim Islamist Terrorist minority. Everywhere in the world where there are Muslims if the country isn't already dominated by them (and even if its is like in Iraq where Muslims kill Muslims), the terrorism is sponsored by Islamist Jihadists.

Russia is a huge threat here and we need to seriously address their power grab and stop it now! If we don't we will have a larger conflict with stronger USSR (one with oil and energy power) later.

Whoa hang on there Marie,

It's opinion's like this that are causing the rest of the world to hate the US. Christians and Muslims alike.

Both Muslims and Christians have histories of death and destruction. Ever hear of a small thing called the Crusades??? Your own country is currently involved in a war to protect it's wealth and to spread your political ideals.

You say "We need to be #1 to protect our freedoms". This is absolutely dumb founding. What you are saying is "we want to dominate the world with our political and idealogical idea's, through military force". This comes from some insular uneducated beleif that the US is completely right in it's political structure, foreign policy and religious beleifs. And therefore everyone needs to have the same beleifs. And if they don't, we kill them.

Newsflash: The US is way way way behind the rest of the developed world in thing's that it think it's good at. Take democracy. Your election process is a complete disaster. Your stupid population will vote for whoever is flashed up on their TV screens enough screaming patriotic rhetoric. That's not democracy. That's idiotocracy. To top it off, you rig elections in ways that most african dictators would be chided for! Bush winning the 2001 presidency?? Rigged! Now think about the American way of spreading peace. Your war in Iraq and "at all costs" attitude on getting Osama bin Laden has lead your country into recession while simultaneously making a whole lot of people hate and want to kill you! And it's not just because some of them are muslim. It's because you bomb their towns/countries/families in the name of "peace"! You do that in Australia, the same thing will happen! Do you know where Australia is?

Wow. How can you be so blind that you don't see this war mongering attitude destroying any hope your children have of living in a peaceful world. Do the world a favour and choke on your patriotic blatherings. The rest of the world will be a more peaceful place because of it.

You think about of interests of USA and its mission, - this is good for you. But in this conflict Russia thinking about saving life of nation, there rights, about lifes of Russian people that living in South Osetia. If you thinking about protection of freedom, why you not thinking of protection of freedom Ossetia Nation that killed by Georgians?
There are a lot of falsehood and hiding of truth in the internet, newspappers, TV on the topic of war in Georgia.
The truth is that Georgia first bomed Tskhinvali on the first day of the Olympian Games.
Georgian soldiers shot Russian Peace-making armies, peaceful population first and only after this Russian troops came to prevent further destruction. They do not captury none-conflict areas of Georgia!
The detail of this conflict in this fact, that territory of South Osetia is historically not a Georgia territory, - it is a territory of Ossetia nation and it became a part of Georgia in 1922, by the politics of Stalin. And after separation of Soviet Union, begans the conflicts between Georgia and Ossetia on the territory of Ossetian republic. Most people of this republic are also Russian national. Russian soldiers are there on the Peace-making position. Now, from the night 7-8 of august, 2008 we see the real, terrible facts of genocide of Ossetian nation. The power of Georgian army, that attacked Tskhinvaly had more than 12x domination over Ossetian and Russian (Peace-making) armies in this area. So, to protect nation of Ossetian and Peace-making Russians the additional parts of Russian army was moved to the territory of conflict. The result of Georgia aggression is the escalation of situation in Abhazia, - another republic on the territory on the Geargia, where live Abhazia nation and have the same problem as in South Ossetia. Georgia not looks like democratic country, - it looks like fascist country, and lie, provocations are there weapon on the information battle on the minds of the people of the world. Unfortunately, we see support of this evil doings by the most countries of the world, especially by USA, by worldwide mass-media, - support of falsehood. People, do not misbelief, be in truth! History will not fool...

Both Muslims and Christians have histories of death and destruction. Ever hear of a small thing called the Crusades???

I had this very conversation with someone very recently and he gave me a bit of perspective on that. I'm not Christian so I really didn't understand the history of Christianity but it is, historically, a gentle, equal opportunities religion. That's what it was build to be and does maintain that quite beautifully. Some people take Christianity and twist it violently which can make even the prettiest face seem ugly.

You say "We need to be #1 to protect our freedoms".

Unfortunately, most of the freedom of developed nations comes from the fact that we have everything. If we were much poorer, our freedoms would suffer too. This is a hard thing to comment on...

And therefore everyone needs to have the same beleifs. And if they don't, we kill them.

Well so far the only casualties here have been Georgians.

Your stupid population will vote for whoever is flashed up on their TV screens enough screaming patriotic rhetoric. That's not democracy. That's idiotocracy.

Well I agree with you THERE... but the other side of this entertainment mess is that America produces some brilliant cinema. You're an entertaining culture with a huge foot in the industry. It's bound to happen, unfortunately.

Bush winning the 2001 presidency?? Rigged!

Maybe, no one will know for sure. But maybe people were just scared back in those days and voted for the guy who promised the most protection from an enemy they didn't know that much about back then.

Your war in Iraq and "at all costs" attitude on getting Osama bin Laden has lead your country into recession while simultaneously making a whole lot of people hate and want to kill you!

I don't know how I feel about the war in Iraq to be honest. THere are lots of things to consider. But I will say this. War doesn't have to be unjust to bring economic problems. Money doesn't care whether you're doing right or wrong. War costs money no matter who you're fighting.

It's because you bomb their towns/countries/families in the name of "peace"!

The same toll was taken in the fight against Hitler. The problem here is how we make war. I maintain we should all just get together in a big field and club each other with baseball bats until we're tuckered out. Human beings like to fight and sometimes we have to. But the way we do it isn't helping. No one nation is to blame for that. That's just population screwing progress. The child produced is modern warfare.

"developingnationoutsider" you took the words right out of my mouth but said it better. I find what Marie Thomson says a bit offensive and smugly arrogant. Many of us know there is a deep government within the U.S.A. that runs the show, myths, and fabrications with the complicit news media. Kissinger still has his fingers in the pie and so have others. U.S. Americans are led to believe the corporate media that stifles free press.

"Alexander Parusov", thanks for sharing another side of the story. It retards rash judgements and feeble statements. It gives one pause to think a bit broader to reach the truth. We Hawaii nationals are very familiar with the U.S. actions as we are under U.S. belligerent occupation for over a hundred years. Some U.S. Congress and House Reps tried to right the injustice and criminal actions of its government and restore the Hawaiian Kingdom; but the criminals used all the tricks in the book with powerful men in Congress to keep the occupation backed by their military. We have seen this tableau played over and over in their dealings with other countries. We, too, are seeking U.S. de-occupation of our country.

It's disgusting listening to Bush-whacker and his rogue regime, the pot, calling the kettle black; and hilariously embarrassing to hear him spout his phony gibberish. It is tragic with what is going on in Georgia, Iraq, Afghanistan, in other countries under similar circumstances and for Hawai'i, my country, whom I love so deeply. Instead of feeding the corporation's gluttonous appetite, we should be feeding the people a world of freedom and peace.

Amen Bunni, I think we need to keep our country out of all that controversial stuff going on over seas. I also think Bush is dragging our country down the tubes and he needs to do something about whats going on over here before he starts poking his nose into the business of other countries. We need a DEMOCRAT back in office.

Yeah....let's have our grandchildren deal with this one. We don't have the stones in this generation to be tough.

It is certainly our fight. If we allow the Russia to take this oil pipeline so they can choke off the oil supplies to Europe at will, they can use this to retake all of their empire and reform the USSR with all the oppression that that caused for millions behind the "iron curtain." Have you forgotten the sorrow and sadness that communism/socialism Marxist style caused for those populations. Have you forgotten how many people died just trying to get over, under or some way around the wall in Germany?

Communism is evil incarnate. Ask survivors of Pol Pot in Cambodia, or Ethiopians who lived under the Dergue or anyone from Russia etc. This great evil is our business as a Russian super-power is against our national interest. The constitution in its first paragraph says the purpose of the union is to "provide for the common defense." Keepin the Soviet Union (Russia plus it's sattelites) in check is one of our most crucial national defense obligations to the US citizens.

Bunni, you should add mr. Obama's name to that list too. And while you're at it, add mr stephen harper. And the leaders of most of the EU. EVERYONE wants this mess to end. People are dying. It's only right to try and do something.

Oilman
Yeah....let's have our grandchildren deal with this one. We don't have the stones in this generation to be tough.

2!#4.3 - Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:27 PM CDT

Good idea - maybe they'll use another part of the anatomy and the madness will cease

Marie Thompson....what delusional holier than thou hog wash. What power drunk ramblings and what arrogance. We did not inherit this planet so we could stamp our likeness and idiosyncrasies on it as we see fit.
We have little moral ground to stand on here since our "wonderful leader" Bush has wee-weed all over our standing and creditability around the world not no mention our own constitution.
Our own bully is now forced to face a tougher one in Putin who he chided in his arrogance as someone "we could do business with". I can imagine what Putin muttered to himself and the Russians thought of that ridiculous remark.
Unfortunately the stakes are much higher and the adversary much more savvy, hungry and unpredictable. No thanks to Bush's blunders and over arching we are mired in useless endeavors to respond to real threats.
Reagan's legacy was at least among conservatives of one who broke the Soviet Union will Bush's legacy be of one who put it back together.
True world class leaders use diplomacy and soft power almost exclusively and save the military might for backing off real threats like this one.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
I just hope we have learned some lasting lessons here.

Marie T:

It is certainly our fight. If we allow the Russia to take this oil pipeline so they can choke off the oil supplies to Europe at will, .....

I say if this is the case, let the nations of Europe decide what's best to do and deal with it. We're kinda busy right now with Afghanistan and Iraq. I'm all for supplying aid to the victims of this growing mess, but we can't get involved militarily.

I'm pretty sure the 1998 embassy bombings were under the Clinton admin, and what did Clinton do? Nothing. Under the Clinton admin there were multiple instances in which operatives had either a clean sniper shot or confirmation of his whereabouts, and what did the Clinton admin do? Nothing.
He was slapped with an arrest warrant by Interpol in 1998 and indictied by a US grand jury. In 1999 he was put on the FBI most wanted fugitives list, so he was already considered a threat before Bush took office. So PurpleChiten get your facts straight, Clinton had the opportunities to take down Bin Laden and he didn't do anything.

No Richard, they didn't have the legal proof to take him down. Get YOUR facts straight. Opportunity isn't worth squat if you don't have the legal standing. It's called "murder" when it's done without the legal standing.
If you're going to be snarky, at least get the facts straight!

Hmmm Im pretty sure you could bring someone into custody with an arrest warrant from interpol...

Reagan was president when the marines were killed by terrorists in Lebanon. What did he do?

Purple Chiten,
You are so off base and wrong it's pathetic.
Clinton dropped the ball on this one. Everyone knows it. You left leaning Demcomms are so Bush hating happy that it clouds your low intelligence.

How about the first World trade center bombing. I love Clinton, but he drop the ball on this one.

Wrong about Bin Laden. Clinton was offered Bin Laden on a silver platter not once, but three times and heaven only knows why he didn't take him. It would have spared the US a lot of grief. He has been on the move for decades now.

9/11 happened because of Bill Clinton and his do nothing administration.

I agree with you 100% there,and I also agree with Putin. Get the President from Giorgia and hang him for crime committed to the people of South Ossetia, He should finish what the Georgian started if not they will try again....

This for Bush.Bush stay out of this, this is not a back water Islamic Country . This is Russia one of the Big Boys.

Yeah....let's all listen to Otto, Ephrata...he's a real credible guy....Yeah right...who the hell is Otto, Epharta and better yet...who the hell cares

Preclude means head off. I imagine the US saw Russia building up for this move on Ossetia for some time. They were way too prepared once they had provoked a skirmish to have responded as they did if this wasn't pre planned by Russia all along.

Russia has border skirmishes with China all the time but doesn't move like they did here against this less powerful nation.

This for Bush.Bush stay out of this, this is not a back water Islamic Country . This is Russia one of the Big Boys.

Ok. I assume you're Russian as you speak of russia in the first person so can I get you to pass a message along from CANADA? Please, please stop killing innocent people. That's all. Fight each other like crazy, just be careful where you shoot. Innocent people are dying and NO ONE should want that or promote that.

SuperSapien - that's right, georgians killed about 2,000 innocent civilians, women and children. They bombed and burned the city in the middle of night. Nobody should be allowed to do it unpunished.

Isn't it a bit strange that Bush claims Russia's response in Georgia is "disproportionate" but when Israel was bombing the sh*t out of Lebanon, he didn't utter so much as a peep. I doubt Bush wants to antagonize the Russians ~ they won't turn and run as did half the Iraqi army and Putin is still pissed at the prior meddling Bush has done in her internal affairs.

Jim in Texas. Excellent observation. Our memories are so short here in the US. Our own idiotic policies set this presidence and now we are paying the price for it and Bush is clueless as usual.
Israel not only destroyed that little country in Lebanon they also left behind a million bomlets to maim and kill little kids after the destruction was complete.

Keith olberman is an Idiot. If you are listening to him you have no cred. Study a little history and not the newly invented re-written drivel. There is a lot more to this than you know or will ever know about.

Olberman is a strange cat for rightwingers to understand. He presents irrefutable evidence to back up his stories. Were this not true, every talking head on radio and TV would be roasting him on a spit ~ ~ ~ but they are not, because they can't. Oh, they try to berate him as an individual but his presentations are rock solid. Of course you are free to take him to task on substance and content. Maybe you have discovered things that O'Reilly, Hanity, Limbaugh, Levin, Davis, Williams, McNamara, Kristol, Krauthammer, and all the other righteous righties have missed. But I doubt it, otherwise you wouldn't be grabbing at straws with "idiot" as your only indictment. And please share with us all the "unknown" knowledge you have about the Russia-Georgia clash. I'll put up my screen guard to protect against the glare all the enlightenment that is sure to follow.

Jim, I believe that Keith Olberman is a political comedian. I really did not think anyone took him seriously. To discover any adult would is quite a surprise to me.

But of course they do, George. He is the flip side of the other comedians that hog the radio and TV screens. But in a sense you are right about the comedy. He uses current politics as his material ~ and no writer could top that in hilarity. Even Comedy Channel has trouble keeping up ~ ask Colbert. Olberman is funny. Look at the clowns he is reporting on. How could he be otherwise?

Our country runs on checks and balances, all of our senators, house of representitives, and our president, have all been put into office from American voters. We have chosen the many people who lead us but then when our economy is bad choose to blame the government and act like we did not choose them to be there. I find it sad and hypocritical. Our entire government chooses to go to war and all of the other bills passed, checks and balances. Maybe you should all go back and see who you have voted for or if you didn't vote at all and what bills they have supported, because you helped to put them there.

Our country runs on checks and balances, all of our senators, house of representitives, and our president, have all been put into office from American voters. We have chosen the many people who lead us but then when our economy is bad choose to blame the government and act like we did not choose them to be there. I find it sad and hypocritical. Our entire government chooses to go to war and all of the other bills passed, checks and balances. Maybe you should all go back and see who you have voted for or if you didn't vote at all and what bills they have supported, because you helped to put them there.

If anyone would look at a map it would be easy to see that the real reason the Russians want to take the mountain pass in this region is that most of the oil supplied to Europe flows through pipe lines through this area.

The control of energy is power. If you don't see that, then you are about to be blindsided!

The control of energy is power and yet the US is so blind we are leaving our great supplies of energy producing oil in the ground in Utah/Colorado, Montana/Dakotas/Wyoming, Michigan, offshore, Alaska. What do we not understand about energy equals power and we need power in this world which is not in a very nice neighborhood.

We are unilaterally allowing some of the traitors in our own government to hobble this great nations potential and send us back to being some kind of a third world nation.

Folks on this board push for energy development.

Russia is making a big play here to corner the oil market. Their two large state owned oil companies make Exxon's profits look like a drop in the bucket. Then they will move on every other drop of oil in the region (or out of it) and will have the military might (fueled by oil) to take over the world.

In one graduate political science class I took, a top level military advisor brought in a map of the world with overlays showing where resources were located--oil, gold, agricultural lands, water. Then he pointed out where the next conflicts would. It has always been about resources and power. All you cumbyah types, please recognize either you are in power or you are being abused by those who are (and Russia will not be a kind master).

If you don't understand that simple fact, get out of the way of those who do and who will protect your rights to be imbeciles sitting around thinking all societies are of equal worth.

If that were so why would millions from all over the world be trying to flock to the US to get in on the protection and freedom we have here?

Russia must be dealt with swiftly. Bush has done just the right thing (as has McCain) in condemning the Russians actions and it IS being taken to the UN. The problem there is obvious. Russia has a veto and will certainly not countenance a vote of sanction against their actions. We'll see what transpires when they defend their position as they have said they will.

The only thing you forgot was that it was Georgia that attacked Russia, Hence the fighting began in Russia(Ossetia) with their cities and people being hit first by U.S. backed Georgian Military.

If you could take your high level of education and apply some reality to it that might help.

Bush is A traitor and should be tried as such He is A third generation Skull and Bones Man
His grandfather was financing and supporting the Nazi's , Him and his Buddie Dick need to be impeached and tried for treason then striped of all the wealth they have gained off the American tax payer, And their grand children.

The Russian's are no saints but if you think we are securing anything by attacking them you are sadly mistaken. This Is but one part in A very large script the end's with the U.S. taking it on the chin. You are living in A Tom Clancy video game if you think this will end well.

Grow up Bush has not done anything right including stopping 9/11
the only thing worse than someone who buys into this NWO crowd's B.S.
Are the people who think Mccain And Obama Are any different . It is A fixed Contest
They both have the same globalist slave master's.

"If that were so why would millions from all over the world be trying to flock to the US to get in on the protection and freedom we have here?"

Because you are the biggest bullies in the neighbourhood. And short term (within a person's lifetime) it's preferrable to be a lackey to a bully than not.

I know a whole shebang of people that have left the US as they could not stand to live in a society so blinded by greed and it's attempts at political hegemony. Foreigners who stay are desperate people who are willing to sacrifice morals and conscience for $$.

There are a lot of Americans who and are trying damn hard to change nihilistic attitudes to the rest of the world that people like you have however. If you tried to live in a place that was predominantly muslim, you would realise that these people are just like you. Only a whole lot less bigoted.

what makes more sense, Georgia attacking Russia, or Russia attacking Georgia? I think common sense can answer this one.

What did Reagan do when the marines were killed in Lebanon by the terrorists? Zip, zero, nada.

Reagan did to do something, he attacked Granada!

You can't arrest someone BEFORE they commit a crime. We don't have "thought police" even though it DOES seem like Orwell's 1984

"Clinton was offered Bin Laden on a silver platter not once, but three times and heaven only knows why he didn't take him."

Was that before or after the CIA funded, trained, and supported Bin Laden and his merry men in driving out the Russians from Afghanistan?

Or could it be the close ties the Bush family had with the Bin Laden family?

Or can it be because Bin Laden is a Saudi Arabian?

Well said. Instead of focusing on what is happening, it is just being used as another opportunity for "Bush-bashing." There is a time and a place for everything. As far as NATO fighting for us if we are ever invaded, I won't hold my breath.

I'm sorry but where do you get off saying that Russians are killing civilians?? Georgia invaded South Ossetia, which has had an independent government since the early 90s, which has a population full of Russians, and started leveling cities! Civilians that did not get a chance to get evacuated where hiding in the basements of homes and buildings, and the Georgian soldiers would come and throw granades into these basement entrances, killing children, women and senior citizines. What was Russia supposed to do when a large number of Russian citizens are on the phone and on the radio screaming for help???

United States has been prepping Georgia for this attack of South Ossetia in order to gain a position for its annoying missile interception stuff.

We won't be invaded. The terrorists of the world (bush/cheney) are our "elected leaders", they're already here. You can't invade a place if you are already in control of it.

Please get your facts straight.

GEORGIA who initiated the conflict by invading countries. RUSSIA came to assist the pleading countries, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. There was little time for the citizens to evacuate.

but GEORGIA started the war.

http:// www. nzherald. co.nz /section/466/story.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10526482&pnum=0 (without the spaces)

Selendrile,

You are exactly right. I believe calling a truce and retreating is the best solution, for both sides!!! Stop the violence. Blowing people and things up for???

And America should NOT get involved except humanitarian efforts for the civilians and wounded.

Apparently many of those posting here don't know their facts, but are eager to post opinions without reason or cause.

I feel sorry for the people suffering.

Yep. That he did, after taking the matter to the Pentagon which deep-sixed the idea of going after OBL. It would have been a helicopter mission and two (2) refueling stops would have been required, both going in and coming out. Not feasible, said the military. Further, we would have to violate sovereign air space in order to get there and back ~ and getting permission would have tipped our hand and exposed our forces to unwarranted risks. Comparative difference between Clinton and Bush: Clinton took the advice of his military professionals and heeded their advice ~ Bush would have cashiered the flag officers until he found one that agreed with him. Its a matter of judgement. I do not say Clinton had great judgement, but I can say Bush has absolutely none.

9/11 didn't happen on Clinton's watch "proud to be american". It happened on bush's watch.
You can twist it and turn it, but it still stands, 9/11 AND the Iraq debacle are both bush's babies.

Clinton WANTED to go after Bin Laden, the republicans wouldn't let him and you know that.

Heck, I'll go a step further. I believe bush could very well have as much, or more, to do with 9/11 than bin laden did.

Bush is a terrorist and a war criminal. Hopefully, somebody will eventually get the backbone to do something about it and hold him accountable.

9/11 happened early in Bush's presidency and was planned and carried close to fruition on Clinton's watch with little or no scrutiny of Muslims which should have been done. We have Lynden Johnson to thank for all the Muslim invasion (trojan horse allowing them in large numbers into the country). Prior to his presidency they were rightly considered "less than desirable" and strict quotas kept them coming in small numbers where they could be carefully checked.

Sit back and watch. See what happens before you get arrogant and make a fool of yourself. You have no idea what level of treason bush is capable of and how much he has already committed.
If you wish to be taken by surprise, that's fine, but don't say you weren't warned when it happens.
When it does happen, you can send your apology to me and drop your arrogance. Your mind is closed and you aren't ready to listen. When it happens, remember this and remember your own remarks.

Marie Thomson, You absolutely take my breath away. What religion are you? No matter. How about if we scrutinize every goose-stepping person who has the name Marie? Muslim is a religion, terrorism is the danger. Terrorists should be watched. Remember OKC? I do.

"If we don't act, the Government will be disposed of."

Vic, communications is not suffering a deficit in this day and age. Don't you think it would be within the province of Georgia to ask for help if they wanted it? Or do we assume the role so often played out under Bush ~ ~ "we know best what is best for you." Bush and Cheney never saw a war they didn't want to get involved in. Maybe they can persuade our other peace loving and law abiding ally to engage ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Israel. Whaddaya think?

A government that attacks innocent civilians as they sleep, in my opinion, should be disposed of. Interesting how you didn't finish your thought.

Proud to be an American
Yes, I have and I can tell you that THEY ARE NOT HAPPY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT FREE!!!! You cannot be free if your country has been invaded and opressed!!

What are you talking about? Free?? Georgia should change leadership, they are war criminals!!

I see you're a proud to be "Bush" American. No matter the 9/11 commission and now the Pentagon,
FBI, CIA and every organization other than this Whitehouse says Saddam Hussein and Iraq had "NOTHING" to do with 9/11. Yes Saddam was a brutal dictator. But that in itself is not justification for the destruction and loss of both American and Iraqi lives that this "brutal" Administration have caused.
This Country that you (and I) are so proud of is on the brink of financial collapse. The rest of the world could give a hoot about the U.S. We spend Trillions repairing what this Administration has done to the reputation of the greatest Nation on earth by the destruction in Iraq. That is called "good foreign policy" while our own citizens living in New Orleans, which by the way is part of "this country", still struggle 4 years after Kattrina destroyed their lives. And to help them or any American city, school, highways, crumbling infrastructure is "socialism".

You say the folks in the middle east are free??? Not on the news I watch. You must watch Fox News or the Disney Channel.

I didn't think there were any people left who actually supported bush the war criminal. INVADING iraq was illegal and a war crime. Bush is a terrorist. Now we're hearing the Georgia attacked first, so Russia has a right to fight back.
I'll never understand the twisted mind of radical right wing extremists who want to be armchair generals, sending our soldiers to die in matters that don't involve us all for the opportunity to "cheer on dumbya" or to see carnage or to gain more oil or power. It's really sad that people like this are still behaving this way.

America should not dictated because of what happen in Iraq. Iraq was a big mistake from my point of view, but shoutd we keep our head down because of it. No, we are a superpower.

Please read up about Georgia's last election; use various sources not just what's been recently said and then ask yourself if Georgia is trully democratic.