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August 13, 2008 - 1:49 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Cannoneer No. 4
2008-08-14 04:17:01

Talk Is Cheap

The U.S. should firmly tell Russia that unless its troops pull back to their August 6 positions, the U.S. will provide military aid to Georgia, demand and help author a more neutral peace plan, require all future peacekeeping forces in both Abkhazia and South Ossetia be truly international, and move quickly to reassure other U.S. allies by convincing NATO to extend Article 5 protection to Ukraine.