US lacks options to act on tough rhetoric

Commentary feature on the US reaction to the military dispute between Georgia and Russia over the disputed regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, August 2008.

ESO: Background information: Conflict history: Georgia http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-georgia-2/

ESO: Background information: Bush sends US forces on Georgia aid mission http://www.europeansources.info/record/bush-sends-us-forces-on-georgia-aid-mission/

Website: Center for Strategic and International Studies http://www.csis.org/

Janusz Bugajski: Georgia: Epicenter of Strategic Confrontation (CSIS, 2008) http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080812_bugajski_georgia.pdf

BBC News, 16.8.08: Russia signs up to Georgia truce http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7564776.stm

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