neolex,

That “linkage” of Kosovo and Georgia is really making the rounds in the blogosphere. I’ve seen it on four other sites. I’m a pretty smart guy, and I cannot see how they are logically linked or related in any way.

Kosovo was a mistake. Giving Muslims a state in Europe was madness. I wasn’t in favor of it, but what can we do about it? Russia didn’t like it, but it was not really a security issue for Russia. There really isn’t anything in Kosovo that Russia needs. It was just an excuse for Putin to bluster and posture about Slavic honor.

But the invasion of Georgia – and I am assuming that Russia is going to take more than Ossetia – is more than a mere mistake. It is theft, murder, and lies. It also helps to support the Mullahs in Tehran, because it removes a U.S. ally north of Iran.

I think I know the provenance of the Kosovo-Georgia Linkage Argument, and I don’t think very highly of him.