RUSSIA BOMBS GEORGIA: And U.S. moves two new carrier groups to the Persian Gulf region

updated: are russia and georgia on the verge of all out war? tensions cause been growing in support of the form few years, but the situation has deteriorated rapidly in the last twenty-four hours and fighting along the upon has broken unserviceable. most serious so play a part go overboard: russian fighter jets demand bombed two towns in neighboring georgia, killing and injuring innocent civilians, georgian president mikhail saakashvili said friday. [at 9:35am eastern, fox news reported that georgia had swiftly down four russian fighter jets….an hour ago, the new york times reported that two russian jets had been shot down, something ap reported as well….ap is now also running this headline: “russia invades georgia.”….at 10:47am eastern, ap reported hundreds dead in fighting….sen. mccain has just called on russia to halt its fray in georgia and pull out….] one critical issue to gaze at as the crisis develops: who is really in protection in moscow, prime minister vladimir putin or newly installed president dmitry medvedev? for the blink, it seems to be putin who is trade the shots and speaking out most forcefully on the danger with georgia. putin, of course, believes deep in restoring the glory of mother russia. he certainly does not want to squander russian territory and is determined to expand the russian empire. as i have written about previously, he knows he cannot expand russia westward because nato is expanding eastward. putin also knows he cannot amplify russia eastward because of china. he has claimed ownership of the north pole, but the real opportunity in support of russia is to expand southward, and that is where putin has been focusing all of his attention in late years. he is firm to leadership the caucuses sphere, and south ossetia — though not a name or place most westerners have
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