Tag South Ossetia

An anarchist view of South Ossetia

Molly Mew takes an anarchist view of the Georgia war, proclaiming neutrality in wars between states, and hopes against hope that the US Left doesn’t do its usual knee jerk reaction and mindlessly back whoever George Bush opposes. Yeah, that’s…

The Great Illusion

Paul Krugman in the NY Times The war in Georgia isn’t that big a deal economically. But it does mark the end of the Pax Americana — the era in which the United States more or less maintained a monopoly…

Wishful Thinking Headline of the Day

“Condoleezza Rice forces deal on Georgia to end the war” says the headline. Except, she hasn’t forced anything because the Russians have no intention of leaving nor are they signatories on the deal. Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State,…

Dangerous escalation by the US

The Americans are threatening to have Russia expelled from the WTO and G8. But this may be a serious overestimation of the American’s own influence over these bodies. What the Americans seem unable to detect is that the wind is…

The ceasefire that wasn’t

Georgian Villages in South Ossetia burnt, looted Russian forces sink Georgian ships US forces to be sent to Georgia Talk about an escalation: Bush is sending in the navy and the airforce. You would have to be dead from the…