russia vs georgia

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

What difference does it make what GW said about Putin 6 or 7 years ago? What exactly is he supposed to say when th guy is standing right there and just opened his country to western investment? "Hey the dude is KGB, he is going to screw us eventually so lets invade now?"

The fact is that Putin is dangerous and there is nothing that GW or anybody else can do to change this or change the fact that the Russians have been pissed off for a long time and want to regain their position of power? We didnt put him in place, Russia isnt some third world country that others can control. They are a nuclear power with a lot of money, natural resources, bombs, soldiers and ties with bad guys that want to hurt us. Hell we may wind up allies with China before this whole thing is over. That is not exactly a regime without blood on their hnds.

Oh but there was a time when we had a lot to say about Putin.
Giving him the international recognition and backing when others
in Russia were vying for power was a horrible miscalculation. WE and
other Western countries evaluated leadership when it was up for grabs
and may have got it horribly wrong.