Bloomberg.com: Russia, U.S. Trade Rhetorical Salvoes as Georgia Tensions Rise - by Helena Bedwell and Henry Meyer
Russia, U.S. Trade Rhetorical Salvoes as Georgia Tensions Rise
Russia said the U.S. and other countries that armed and trained Georgia's military share blame for the war there as a top American official said security relations with Moscow may be ``adversely affected for years.'' ``Those who for the sake of their political plans armed and trained the Georgian army, who encouraged the Tbilisi regime's sense that it could do anything and face no punishment, also bear responsibility for what has happened,'' the Russian Foreign Ministry said on its Web site. In the U.S., Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the war ``called into question the entire premise'' of the U.S.'s strategic relationship with Russia and canceled two joint military exercises with Russia scheduled for this month.
Note EU-Digest : For some reason everyone seems to forget or even wants to mention that Georgia started this conflict. If the Russians overreacted or not is irrelevant. The fact remains that Georgia started all this and that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, a U.S.-trained attorney regarded by Washington as a pro-democracy "wunderkind", who has made a political career of brinkmanship with neighboring Russia overplayed his hand.To put it more bluntly Mr. Mikheil Saakashvili has become a liability to his own country and the security of Europe.
Labels: EU, Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, Russia
