Well, the unthinkable has happened. Territorial sovereignty has been breached by a member of the G8. Russia seems to be unapologetic about its ivasion into Georgian territory. As of this morning CNN was reporting that the russians were retreating from Gori. Yesterday afternoon on CSPAN they broadcast the joint news conference helb by French President Nicholas Sarkozy and Russian President Dimitry Medvedyev. Sarkozy seemed pleased with himself for at least trying to stop the war from escalating while Medvedyev was unapologetic in tone and seemed to bristle at the idea that Russia's position should be scrutinized in any way.
Today I watched forum called Resolving the Russia-Georgia Conflict held by the Brookings Institution. Strobe Talbott who served as a deputy Secretary of State under the Clinton administration gave some insight into the situation saying that this might have been prevented had Georgia been granted NATO membership. Other members of the forum were waiting to see how this would play out with regards to the Russian support of the Iran situation which they deem so vital at the moment. Other members were inteested to see how all this was playing CHina who are busy with their own Olympics at this time. They believed that China would be watching especially to see if there was some kind of punishment in the way of economic sanctions which would be levied against Russia for this transgression.
Today I watched forum called Resolving the Russia-Georgia Conflict held by the Brookings Institution. Strobe Talbott who served as a deputy Secretary of State under the Clinton administration gave some insight into the situation saying that this might have been prevented had Georgia been granted NATO membership. Other members of the forum were waiting to see how this would play out with regards to the Russian support of the Iran situation which they deem so vital at the moment. Other members were inteested to see how all this was playing CHina who are busy with their own Olympics at this time. They believed that China would be watching especially to see if there was some kind of punishment in the way of economic sanctions which would be levied against Russia for this transgression.
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