Bush is spectator as policy unravels

Article discusses the impact for the United States of the military conflict between Russia and Georgia, August 2008. Article reports 'The crisis has dealt a setback to US efforts to draw Georgia and other former Soviet states into the western sphere of influence and plunged an already-fraught US-Russian relationship into deeper disarray'.

Russia Today, 12.8.08: U.S. presidential hopefuls react to Caucasus crisis http://rt.com/news/

ESO: Background information: Saakashvili says Moscow wants to oust him / Moscow threatens Georgia regime, says Bush http://www.europeansources.info/record/saakashvili-says-moscow-wants-to-oust-him-moscow-threatens-georgia-regime-says-bush/

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