Right Opinion

The New York Times had a lead editorial today entitled “Afghanistan on Fire.” It was a “something must be done” presentation that attempted to define four or five things that can fix Afghanistan based on the premise that if Washington fails the “more freedom al-Qaeda will have to mount new terrorist operations against this country…”

"This is not 1968 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia where Russia can threaten a neighbor, occupy a capital, overthrow a government, and get away with it."
- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Aug. 14, 2008

Mikheil Saakashvili’s decision to use the opening of the Olympic Games to cover Georgia’s invasion of its breakaway province of South Ossetia must rank in stupidity with Gamal Abdel-Nasser’s decision to close the Straits of Tiran to Israeli ships.

Nasser’s blunder cost him the Sinai in the Six-Day War. Saakashvili’s blunder probably means permanent loss of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Today the United States and its European allies should be pleased that the country of Georgia is not a member of NATO, as desired by President George W. Bush. If so, we might be preparing for war with Russia.