"The current armed conflict in the breakaway Georgian region is seen as the Russian answer to the western recognition of Kosovo Albanians' unilateral declaration of independence, the Polish media are saying. 'This is the Russian answer to the recognition of Kosovo. That recognition was in fact a gift to Russia,' Polish People's Party European MP Janusz Wojciechowski told TVN24. Wojciechowski ... warned that the case of Kosovo, where a part of the international community accepted the declaration of secession, 'shows that it cannot be counted on [for] double standards to pass'"
Monday, August 11, 2008
Here's why we need a consistent foreign policy
Serbia's B92, reporting on Polish reaction to the crisis in South Ossetia, backs up what I said yesterday about the need for a consistent U.S. foreign policy:
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The problem with US foreign policy, particularly in the case of Georgia, is that it's totally warped by oil. Rather than have a rational energy policy at home, our leaders, on both sides, have decided that an irrational foreign policy to secure access to oil is a better idea.
Well, it's not working very well is it? The Grand Chess Game over the world's remaining oil supplies is playing out, and the US is losing.
A few interesting points of view about the US and the Georgia situation:
After Georgia, A Day of Reckoning For Washington:
http://oilandglory.com/2008/08/after-georgia-day-of-reckoning-for.html
Why is the West so Bad at Strategy:
http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2008/8/21/95553/5042
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