[kj] (OT)Why haven't the Left got Georgia on their minds?

[Karen Weil]

Bravo, Oliver:

Great response. You said it better than I ever could have. Just hope jpwhkj 
reads it and thinks about it.

k.w.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
<gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT)Why haven't the Left got Georgia on their minds?



> WAYYYY different circumstances and a way different political climate.

>

> Again, this just reflects the lingering, weird old residue of Cold War 

> thinking that says Putin is basically Brezhnez, or something, and whatever 

> Russia does now is done in the name of Communist Imperialism. The 

> reflexively anti-Russian conservative base in the USA seems to 

> masochistically WANT to think that Russia is motivated by old Cold War 

> imperatives. That they might actually be protecting ethnic Russians a mere 

> 100 miles outside their own borders seems to be off the table, an absurd 

> idea. It's as if the old Cold War USSR had landed troops inside England in 

> the 1960s. That's way different than defending Ossetians from a Georgian 

> offensive.

>

> It's amazing otherwise sensible people can't comprehend this, especially 

> when they have no opinion (it seems) on Poland agreeing to host US 

> missiles in their borders right beside Russia's border. Imagine Russia 

> made a deal with Canada to host missiles beside Michigan? The hue and cry 

> would be ceaseless in the US media. But Russia protecting ethnic Russian 

> folks 100 miles outside their own border? What bullies they are!! How 

> imperialistic! They must be castigated!

>

> Give me a break.

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:

>> Presumably you think JFK's "ich bin ein Berliner" was also stupid?

>>

>>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: Karen Weil <karen.weil at sddt.com>

>> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) 

>> <gathering at misera.net>

>> Sent: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 19:20

>> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT)Why haven't the Left got Georgia on their minds?

>>

>> McCain's comment was one of the most stupid things I've ever heard 

>> uttered by a pol. And that's saying something. No, McCain -- I'm an 

>> AMERICAN, thank you very much. K.W.

>

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