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Intervening in Georgia makes no sense

August 15, 2008 12:52 PM

So you've heard that we're sending "humanitarian aid" (warships and commandoes) into Georgia, supposedly to prevent Russia from assisting a couple of Georgian republics, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, from seceding into Russia.

The truth, of course, is that the we're going there because Georgia is "our ally" and Russia is "the enemy" and Washington will not tolerate any challenge to its supremacy.

Watch the FOX News anchor panic when a 12-year-old eyewitness and her aunt both attempt to explain that it was the Russians trying to help them and the Georgian government that dropped the bombs:

But the real issue here is, why should we even care that a few republics, that few Americans even knew to exist, choose to live under Russia instead of Georgia? Why should our troops have to risk their lives to "protect" a foreign nation from having a few of its states secede? What business is it of ours?

America is broke. $9 trillion in debt. $30 trillion obliged. Bridges collapsing. Troops over-extended overseas. And on top of that, the Bush regime, with the consent of the Democratic Congress, has sent our troops to meddle in a civil war on the other side of the planet.

What better way to ensure the total collapse of the American economy, than to continue this foreign policy?

And with long-time Russia-hater Zbigniew Brzezinski at his side, rest absolutely certain that this policy will continue under the Obama administration.

  Key documents

The Ron Paul File
The Underground History of American Education
The Creature from Jekyll Island
Iraq: The Trail of Disinformation
The COINTELPRO Papers