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Georgia Fight Spreads, Moscow Issues Ultimatum — GORI, Georgia — Russia issued an ultimatum to Georgian forces on Monday to surrender completely in and around the western pro-Russian separatist enclave of Abkhazia, in a sign that fighting could escalate on a second front in the west of Georgia.
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Putin Makes His Move — The details of who did what to precipitate Russia's war against Georgia are not very important. Do you recall the precise details of the Sudeten Crisis that led to Nazi Germany's invasion of Czechoslovakia? Of course not, because that morally ambiguous dispute …
William Kristol / New York Times:
Will Russia Get Away With It? — In August 1924, the small nation of Georgia, occupied by Soviet Russia since 1921, rose up against Soviet rule. On Sept. 16, 1924, The Times of London reported on an appeal by the president of the Georgian Republic to the League of Nations.
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Mikheil Saakashvili / Wall Street Journal:
The War in Georgia Is a War for the West — As I write, Russia is waging war on my country. — On Friday, hundreds of Russian tanks crossed into Georgian territory, and Russian air force jets bombed Georgian airports, bases, ports and public markets. Many are dead, many more wounded.
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Hotline On Call:
Sunday Snapshot — Georgia On My Mind — The conflict between Russia and neighboring Georgia, and how John McCain and Barack Obama would deal with such a situation, dominated Sunday news discussion. VA Gov. Tim Kaine (D) and NM Gov. Bill Richardson (D) discussed Obama's stance on “Face the Nation” and “This Week,” respectively.
Tony Halpin / Times of London:
We helped in Iraq - now help us, beg Georgians — As Russia forces its neighbour to retreat from South Ossetia, the people of Gori tell our correspondent of betrayal by the West — As a Russian jet bombed fields around his village, Djimali Avago, a Georgian farmer, asked me: “Why won't America and Nato help us?
New York Times:
On Slog to Safety, Seething at West — GORI, Georgia — In retreat, the Georgian soldiers were so tired they could not keep from stumbling. Their arms were loaded with rucksacks and ammunition boxes; they had dark circles under their eyes. Officers ran up and down the line, barking for them to go faster.
Washington Post:
Bush, Cheney Increasingly Critical of Russia Over Aggression in Georgia — The White House stepped up its criticism of Russia for escalating the conflict in Georgia, with President Bush warning Monday that Russia's “disproportionate response” is unacceptable and Vice President Cheney adding …
TigerHawk:True colors: Where's the “anti-war” movement on the Russo-Georgia war?
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:What Is Maximum Pressure? — Washington Times calls …
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Misha Dzhindzhikhashvili / Associated Press:Russia seizes Georgia base, opens second front
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ABCNEWS:
Wolfson: Edwards' Cover-up Cost Clinton the Nomination — Aides Say She Would Have Won Iowa if Edwards Affair was Exposed — Sen. Hillary Clinton would be the Democratic presidential nominee if John Edwards had been caught in his lie about an extramarital affair and forced out of the race last year …
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Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
7 worrisome signs for Obama — A few weeks back, Time magazine was musing that John McCain was in danger of sliding from “a long shot” to a “no-shot.” Around the same time, a hard-nosed former Hillary Clinton insider declared the race “effectively over” thanks to the McCain campaign's ineptitude …
Serge F. Kovaleski / New York Times:
Behind a Meeting That Exposed Edwards's Affair — It was the encounter that would unceremoniously hoist former Senator John Edwards's extramarital affair into full public view: a visit last month with the woman and her baby in a hotel room in Beverly Hills, Calif., where Mr. Edwards …
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama to McCain: Who's the ‘celebrity?’ — In the celebrity by association game, which is worse: Paris Hilton or President Bush? — Barack Obama is banking on Bush's association with John McCain, targeted in a new campaign TV ad that links, with several big “embraces,” …
Pat Forde / ESPN:
‘No way’ turns into ‘no quit’ for Lezak, men's relay team … BEIJING — Halfway through what might have been the greatest comeback swim in Olympic history, Jason Lezak peered through his goggles at the lane to his right and briefly abandoned hope. — “The thought really entered my mind for a split second,” Lezak said.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Can It Happen Here? — The draft Democratic Party platform that was sent out last week puts health care reform front and center. “If one thing came through in the platform hearings,” says the document, “it was that Democrats are united around a commitment to provide every American access to affordable, comprehensive health care.”
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Obama's VP choice imminent via website, e-mail, text message — Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, is on vacation in Hawaii tonight. We believe. But, thanks to loyal Ticket reader Mark, just minutes ago we learned that the freshman senator's presidential campaign …
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