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The ghost in the machine 2

August 14, 2008 - 2:17 pm - by Richard Fernandez
OCBill
2008-08-14 17:08:01

Have to wonder if Putin’s thinking went something like this:

Invade Georgia and accomplish the following:
1. become a hometown hero in Russia.
2. bring ought-to-be Russian areas back into Russia
3. scare Poland into dropping missile defense deal
4. scare Ukraine into dropping NATO membership bid
5. scare Georgia into dropping NATO membership bid
6. force Belarus to get firmly in line.

Hey, what could go wrong?