Belmont Club

By Richard Fernandez

Bio

Get Updates From Richard Fernandez
A Comment About

Voluntary amputation

August 11, 2008 - 4:16 pm - by Richard Fernandez
neolex
2008-08-11 23:22:28

SORRY FOR DOUBLE POST, fixed spelling

There is no doubt that long-term consequences of this “adventure” will be disastrous for Russia, or at least Putin’s regime. He might even get assassinated. However, the fact of US unwillingness to rescue a loyal ally remains, no matter how you spin it. Sure, the US will retaliate against Russia in the aftermath, but if Georgia is lost, it is a disgrace for US, and will make many of the countries in the region not trust US one bit, and simply engage in real-politik, by playing both sides. Has there been a US president, who has made greater foreign policy blunders (as if this word is even appropriate to apply to what’s going in Georgia)?