QandO Podcast
Lance on Aug 10 2008 at 8:28 pm | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Lance's Page
McQ, Dale and I discuss the Russian campaign against Georgia over South Ossetia.
Generally I feel that our support should belong to Georgia. However, Georgia has severely miscalculated in this matter, and frankly our options are limited. At best, we get a negotiated settlement with Russia that retains Georgian sovereignty with the loss of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The US and NATO allowed to save face with some show of protecting Georgian airspace after the fact, with Russia suffering a black eye in international opinion. Maybe.
I am not sure I agree with Lee that we may get Nato peacekeepers in South Ossetia and this turns out negatively in the short term for Russia, but we can hope.
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