Surprise! The Russian Bear Scratches.
Condi Rice is supposed to be the expert in Russian politics. That's what she taught at Denver and that was her major area of study. Then, why have we been so blind-sided by the Russians in their invasion of Georgia? This was obviously planned well in advance. Putin left the Olympics where he and Bush were kissing up to each other in order to be near the battle front, as he had done with Chechnya. Putin is not a nice man and he is very manipulative and clever. Way too clever for our 'decider.'
Putin has been turning the country of Russia away from democracy and back into dictatorship. He's been suppressing the independent media and manipulating elections. He has been rebuilding Russian military might.
Do you suppose he told Bush what he was up to? I doubt it. Do you suppose Condi ever told him that the Russians are bears and will scratch? And Bush's government wouldn't have known in advance. Even if the CIA had given some warning, he has a tendency to skew the information in any direction he chooses; to disregard plain facts.
Bush has played the game of power-politics. He tried to surround the Russians with nations friendly to us and hostile to them. He plotted to put missiles in Central Europe. He turned former Russian allies into members of NATO. This is the neo-con attitude towards other countries - do whatever you want and to hell with them. If they threaten you, ignore them. Wouldn't he suppose the Russians will play that game, too?
Did he really think the Russians would never push back?
And they may not be done, either.
Bud
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