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

jpwhkj at aol.com jpwhkj at aol.com
Mon Sep 8 19:37:02 EDT 2008


Was that really a reply to my post?? You managed to read an awful lot into it.


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From: B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 22:02
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT)Why haven't the Left got Georgia on their minds?


WAYYYY different circumstances and a way different political climate.?
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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.?
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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!?
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Give me a break.?
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-Oliver?
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jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:?

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

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> -----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??

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> 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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