August 20, 2008
- T. Boone Pickens Comments on the War in Georgia
Over the last few days T. Boone Pickens has held meetings with both John McCain and Barack Obama.
Yesterday Mr. Pickens was interviewed by Neil Cavuto of Fox News about those talks. (…)
August 16, 2008
- Mikhail Gorbachev Comments on the War in Georgia
A couple of days ago Mikhail Gorbachev, last head of state of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990, wrote an article for the Washington Post. Mr. (…)
August 15, 2008
- Poland to get Patriot Missiles
According to a report in the International Herald Tribune Poland has agreed to a long-stalled deal to place an American missile-defense base on Polish territory. (…)
August 14, 2008
- War in Georgia Threatens US Energy Security
In an article in the New York Times yesterday Jad Mouawad said that:
Energy experts say that the hostilities between Russia and Georgia could threaten American plans to gain access to more of Central Asia’s energy resources at a time when booming demand in Asia and tight supplies helped push the price of oil to record highs. (…)
August 13, 2008
- The Ghost of Stalin Stalks the Streets of Gori
Josef Stalin was born Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in Gori, Georgia on December 18th 1878.
Yesterday a "ceasefire" was announced in the Georgian war, but the killing continued in Gori. (…)
August 11, 2008
- Georgian President's Website Under Attack
In addition to the battles taking place in South Ossetia and beyond, another war is in progress in cyberspace. (…)
August 10, 2008
- Thousands of Innocents Died Yesterday - So It Goes
Vladimir Putin left China yesterday, and arrived in Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia:
Mr. Putin said he:
Wanted to discuss the influx of refugees. (…)
August 9, 2008
- Solzhenitsyn Dies - Putin Invades Georgia
We didn't intend that this would be our headline for today, but shit happens.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn died last week. So it goes.
War has broken out on the border between East and West…. (…)