Web Letters: Ceasefire and Chaos in Georgia

By Margarita Akhvlediani

August 16, 2008

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  • If President Bush had handled the situation in Georgia in a more mature way, instead of waving a baton and loudly giving demands, I believe Russia would have pulled out completely by now.

    Martha Eskridge

    Newark, DE

    08/19/2008 @ 9:01pm


  • Has the human species gone completely insane and have we, Americans, been the catalyst that has unleashed this insanity? The next message I expect to hear is that we have gone nuclear and to prepare for a nuclear winter.

    James Pinette

    Caribou, ME

    08/18/2008 @ 10:51pm


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