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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; Russia</title>
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		<title>Georgian Mutiny Put Down</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/05/georgian-mutiny-put-down/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/05/georgian-mutiny-put-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 15:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia has stopped a tank battalion mutiny. Naturally the Russians are suspected of being behind it. I&#8217;ve been wondering if President Obama will continue support for Georgia, and cause the ire of a belligerent Russia.]]></description>
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		<title>Against Poodle</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/22/against-poodle/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/22/against-poodle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Count me among those who think it&#8217;s damned ridiculous for the president of the United States to have a poodle for a pet. While Bush&#8217;s Scottish Terrier&#8217;s personality was entertaining, who can forget Putin&#8217;s words to Bush when he introduced &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/22/against-poodle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The West as Nuclear Proliferator</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/09/the-west-as-nuclear-proliferator/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/09/the-west-as-nuclear-proliferator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(NYT) The New York Times has a fascinating little chart today, illustrating the primary sources of nuclear weapons proliferation over time. In looking at the diagram, one cannot escape the overall impression that until recently the West has been the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/09/the-west-as-nuclear-proliferator/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sarkozy The Georgian Hero?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/14/sarkozy-the-georgian-hero/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/14/sarkozy-the-georgian-hero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not sure how true this is, but here&#8217;s what the London Times says about how close Putin came to over throwing the Georgian government. With Russian tanks only 30 miles from Tbilisi on August 12, Mr Sarkozy told Mr Putin &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/14/sarkozy-the-georgian-hero/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia&#8217;s Tapes</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/16/georgias-tapes/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/16/georgias-tapes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign affairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who jumped first in South Ossetia has become a bit of a information war between Georgia and Russia. Today, the Georgian government went a ways toward resolving it by releasing recordings of intercepted radio traffic preceding the Russian invasion. The &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/16/georgias-tapes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When They Came for Kenny&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/13/when-they-came-for-kenny/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/13/when-they-came-for-kenny/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photos of Russian kids mounting a street protest against the banning of South Park by the state. This is no small or meaningless act. As daily experience, one of the worst aspects of living under a repressive fascist regime is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/13/when-they-came-for-kenny/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The New Russian Diplomacy of Profanity</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/12/the-new-russian-diplomacy-of-profanity/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/12/the-new-russian-diplomacy-of-profanity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian FM Sergei Lavrov reportedly went berserk on David Miliband in phone discussions over the Georgia war. Apparently he was raving, shouting obscenities, and ridiculing Miliband&#8217;s knowledge of history. There&#8217;s something incredibly deranged about that government. They&#8217;ve taken the traditional &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/12/the-new-russian-diplomacy-of-profanity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Four Hours to Tbilisi</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/four-hours-to-tbilisi/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/four-hours-to-tbilisi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign affairs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eduard Kokoity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mikheil Saakashvili]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, well. Mr. Putin held a press conference and there&#8217;s much to condemn as usual. Not the least of which is Putin&#8217;s continued delusion that Russia was invaded by Georgia. But foremost perhaps, is an education for those who argued &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/four-hours-to-tbilisi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Buying Tymoshenko</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/09/buying-tymoshenko/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/09/buying-tymoshenko/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the European Union commendably attempts to pull Ukraine closer into the safety of the West, Russia has reportedly earmarked $1 billion to fund suddenly pro-Kremlin Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, against heroically pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko in the 2010 presidential &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/09/buying-tymoshenko/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Shattered Idol in the Black Garden</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/09/a-shattered-idol-in-the-black-garden/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/09/a-shattered-idol-in-the-black-garden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: Rahim Alizadeh) In Verdi&#8217;s opera Nabucco &#8211;the namesake of the western gas pipeline to Europe that holds the promise of partial independence from Russian energy reliance&#8211; the Jewish patriots take the daughter of the Babylonian king hostage, in order &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/09/a-shattered-idol-in-the-black-garden/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Uneven Anti-Western Attitudes in Russia</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/08/uneven-anti-western-attitudes-in-russia/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/08/uneven-anti-western-attitudes-in-russia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A survey finds that public perspectives in Russia are turning sharply anti-Western in matters of international relations. But what&#8217;s particularly interesting about this, is that such sentiments have grown fastest and strongest in Russia&#8217;s most cosmopolitan and urban regions, whereas &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/08/uneven-anti-western-attitudes-in-russia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Independence to Scale</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/08/independence-to-scale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another splendid ad for SOSGeorgia. I say again, in the conceptual appeal to world opinion, the Georgians are simply better at this sort of thing than their far better financed adversaries. (Carpetblog)]]></description>
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		<title>Containing Russia &#8211; The Battle for Ukraine</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/07/containing-russia-the-battle-for-ukraine/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/07/containing-russia-the-battle-for-ukraine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Westhawk&#8220;Ukraine is the big prize and thus a dangerous flash point between Russia and the West. For the West, a firm alliance with Ukraine would anchor the containment of Russia. But for Russia, such an alliance would be a step &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/07/containing-russia-the-battle-for-ukraine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Medvedev&#8217;s Caribbean Dream</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/medvedevs-caribbean-dream/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/medvedevs-caribbean-dream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A depressingly confused analogy from Medvedev on US aid to Georgia: &#8220;I wonder how they would like it if we sent humanitarian assistance using our navy to countries of the Caribbean that have suffered from the recent hurricanes.&#8221; (AFP) We&#8217;d &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/medvedevs-caribbean-dream/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anders Aslund on the Russian Economy</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/03/anders-aslund-on-the-russian-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/03/anders-aslund-on-the-russian-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After forcefully savaging the Russian invasion of Georgia, controversial Swedish economist Anders Aslund lays out ten reasons he expects an impending economic collapse in Russia. Each point is sound, although some are more problematic than others. Particularly cogent are the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/03/anders-aslund-on-the-russian-economy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Declinism as Exceptionalism</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/declinism-as-exceptionalism/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/declinism-as-exceptionalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Francis Fukuyama argues in the Financial Times that the United States should have traded European missile defense and/or Kosovar independence in order to pacify a resurgent Russia. This strange proposal of strategic charity work for the Kremlin, is animated by &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/declinism-as-exceptionalism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Black Signs at the Exhibition</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/black-signs-at-the-exhibition/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/black-signs-at-the-exhibition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IMF has come through for Georgia in an enormous way, approving a $750 million credit line for the beleaguered republic. Beyond the much needed aid, it&#8217;s a powerful political reminder for Russia of the gargantuan economic advantage the West &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/black-signs-at-the-exhibition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Albright Supports Georgian NATO Membership</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/albright-supports-georgian-nato-membership/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/albright-supports-georgian-nato-membership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often find former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright&#8217;s supporting arguments irksome and occasionally even masochistic. But she has a certain knack for ending up in the right place by the wrong course. It&#8217;s a unique skill really. Thus it &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/albright-supports-georgian-nato-membership/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Russia Kills Another Critic</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/russia-kills-another-critic/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/russia-kills-another-critic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Magomed Yevloyev, a prominent Ingushetian critic of the Kremlin, has been gunned down by Russian police while in their custody. Earlier this month his website was ordered shut down by the state. Russian police are claiming they shot him to &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/russia-kills-another-critic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia Cuts Loose</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/29/georgia-cuts-loose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saakashvili has finally severed all Georgian diplomatic ties with Russia. A bit overdue, I must say. Meanwhile, Putin, in his ongoing effort to legitimize the Russian invasion of Georgia, again compared his country&#8217;s actions to the NATO intervention against Serbia &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/29/georgia-cuts-loose/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>War of Conquest</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/29/war-of-conquest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days into Russian-declared, universally unrecognized independence (excluding Hamas and Belarus), South Ossetian officials have expressed their desire to be annexed by Russia. The brave new defenders of Russian imperialism on the American Left have thus suddenly found &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/29/war-of-conquest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Truth About Russia in Georgia</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/29/the-truth-about-russia-in-georgia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Totten is in Georgia interviewing actual Georgian soldiers and finding out what went on behind the scenes of this conflict. Turns out Saakashvili didn&#8217;t start it after all.]]></description>
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		<title>Logistically Untenable?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/26/logistically-untenable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Belmont ClubWe could be forced to entirely revamp our strategy in Afghanistan if the situation in Pakistan continues to deteriorate and the Russians intend to be uncooperative. There are in fact serious concerns that troops in Afghanistan can be cut &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/26/logistically-untenable/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>US Warship Docks in Georgia</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/24/us-warship-docks-in-georgia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS McFaul docks in Poti, still under Russian occupation. Hopefully Russian troops are sober enough not to freelance an ill-advised incident like they have elsewhere in Georgia.]]></description>
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		<title>How The West Will Win</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/20/how-the-west-will-win/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Totten has a succinct yet informative post up from the Georgian capital of Tblisi: And my translator, whose husband works for Georgia’s ministry of foreign affairs, made a similar guess that the West helped save the capital. “The night &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/20/how-the-west-will-win/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NATO is Toothless</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/20/nato-is-toothlless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Westhawk &#8220;But the NATO ministers, at a rare emergency meeting, failed to agree on any specific punitive measures, despite pressure from the United States that NATO at least threaten Russia with unspecified “consequences,” and pleas from the Czech Republic, Poland &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/20/nato-is-toothlless/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Not the Response Russia Had Hoped For</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/not-the-response-russia-had-hoped-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instapundit &#8220;German Chancellor Angela Merkel is offering strong support for Georgia, saying the country is on track to become a member of NATO. Merkel flew to the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Sunday, two days after she met with Russian &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/not-the-response-russia-had-hoped-for/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Further Fallout for Russia</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/further-fallout-for-russia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now Ukraine invites Western participation in her missile defense. Regionally, Russia&#8217;s actions in Georgia can only be poisonous to her interests. Coercive force is the only way to compel compliance once you&#8217;ve used it so malevolently. Not such a wonderful &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/further-fallout-for-russia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Vandalism of Russian Occupation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ceasefire be damned,* the Russian army reportedly destroyed the Metekhi-Grakali railway bridge. The bridge was used by Georgian refugees fleeing the mayhem in the Russian occupied zones given that the highway is controlled by the Russian army, which has naturally &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/the-vandalism-of-russian-occupation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Air Defense Retrospective</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/air-defense-retrospective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In From the Cold wonders why Russian tactical aircraft proved so vulnerable to an air defense system they knew intimately. I&#8217;d merely say that low-and-slow Russian tactics are going to get you shot eventually, whatever the SAM is on the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/air-defense-retrospective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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