> But of course, as you know, that's not what was done.
> Washington reached out across many thousands of miles --
> far, far from home -- to take a 19th century style action;
> a classic power grab.
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> But Moscow is contending with things that are happening in
> its neighborhood and, whatever sins are being committed in
> the process, is dealing with a sticky situation made
> somewhat thornier by Euro-American foolishness.
What is "home"? What is "neighborhood"? They seem like pretty relative concepts to me. If you are going to license Russia's actions in/against Georgia, then why not license the U.S.'s actions in Haiti or Guatemala? That's the U.S.'s neighborhood, geographically speaking, as much as Georgia is Russia's, right? Dwayne, I think you are relying too much on doxa here: geography is not neutral; there are never impartial, common sense views of geography, right, and interest. They are always political.