In an unnerving development, the New York Times is reporting that Russia may be preparing for an amphibious assault on Georgia’s Black Sea coastline.
Alexander Lomaya, Secretary of Georgia’s National Security Council:
“Russia has clearly decided to redraw the borders of the Eastern Europe map of the post-cold war situation,” Mr. Lomaya said. “If the world is not able to stop Russia here, then Russian tanks and Russian paratroopers can appear in every European capital.”
(New York Times)
Exaggeration in stress, but it’s not untrue that this is the decisive moment where it is decided whether Russia will be restrained from her “sphere of influence” reclamation project.
Act, Washington. Act.
Act how?
And why Washington?
Why not France? Act, France, Act. Or Spain! Act, Spain, Act.
Bah.
French and Spanish action would be welcome as well, Sy. Particularly in joining a NATO pressure package to force negotiated settlement. Emergency armament resupply, in the Yom Kippur War scenario, would be a dramatic threat to compel negotiation, without bombing the Russian armor.