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Subject: 	[Marxism] Obama, Mc Cain and those Rooskies
Date: 	Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:36:08 EDT
From: 	Dbachmozart at aol.com
Reply-To: 	Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition
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To: 	aorta <aorta at home.nl>



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"When violence broke out in the Caucasus on Friday  morning, John McCain
quickly issued a statement that was far more strident  toward the Russians than
that of President Bush, Barack Obama, and much of the  West. But, as Russian
warplanes pounded Georgian targets far beyond South  Ossetia this weekend, Bush,
Obama, and others have moved closer to McCain's  initial position."


While calling for mediation and international  peacekeepers, Obama went with
the War Party's line that Russia, not Georgia, is  the aggressor, as the Times
of London reports: "Obama accused Russia of  escalating the crisis 'through
it's clear and continued violation of Georgia's  sovereignty and territorial
integrity.'" While his first statement on the  outbreak of hostilities was more
along the lines of "Can't we all get along?",  the New York Times notes:


"Mr. Obama did harden his rhetoric later on Friday,  shortly before getting
on a plane for a vacation in Hawaii. His initial  statement, an adviser said,
was released before there were confirmed reports of  the Russian invasion. In
his later statement, Mr. Obama said, 'What is clear is  that Russia has invaded
Georgia's sovereign – has encroached on Georgia's  sovereignty, and it is
very important for us to resolve this issue as quickly as  possible.'"


This nonsense about Georgia's alleged "sovereignty"  rides roughshod over the
reality of the Ossetians' apparent determination to  free themselves from
Saakashvili's grip, and it's the buzzword that identifies a  shill for the
Georgians.

"I  condemn Russia's aggressive actions," said Obama, "and reiterate my call
for an  immediate cease-fire." This cease-fire business is meant to feed
directly into  the Georgians' contention that they have offered to stop the
conflict, even as  they continue military operations in South Ossetia, which have
already cost the  lives of over a thousand of that country's inhabitants.



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