2008

• The Cold War That Wasn't

  Mark Ames : Media

  Deconstructing the New York Times fairy tale about how nasty Russia invaded innocent Georgia.

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  Sarah-geddon

  Mark Ames : Russia

  McCain's running mate says she's ready to launch World War III, but on whose behalf?

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  Ceasefire and Chaos in Georgia

  Margarita Akhvlediani : Russia

  Once geopolitical lines are redrawn, the question must be answered: who started this war?

• The War We Don't Know

  Mark Ames : Russia

  Up until now, the war between Russia and Georgia was framed as a simple tale of David versus Goliath. In fact, it is far more complex than this, morally and historically.

• Georgia War: A Neocon Election Ploy?

  Robert Scheer : Russia

  Connecting the dots between Georgia's confrontation with Putin and the presidential ambitions of John McCain.

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  Dispatch From Georgia

  Margarita Akhvlediani : Russia

  As Russian troops occupy city after city in Georgia, the feeling here that the government has overestimated how much support it will receive from the West.

• Getting Georgia's War On

  Mark Ames : Russia

  Russia's war in Georgia excites John McCain and the same neocons who led us into earlier disasters.