Georgia
Ambinder on the crisis in the Republic of Georgia.
We Americans all ought to be very careful not to allow ourselves to be bracketed into a conflict we do not fully understand. The enemies are not easy to identify. The allies are not easy to identify. The National Interest is not easy to identify. The Threat is not easy to identify. Our Capacity is not easy to identify, and any effort to nail down a short-term desired outcome might just set the stage for something much more interesting and attractive to the the belligerents.
More from Kaplan, whom I respect.
(Yes, I get too much news from The Atlantic, but it's got the goods. What can you do?)
We Americans all ought to be very careful not to allow ourselves to be bracketed into a conflict we do not fully understand. The enemies are not easy to identify. The allies are not easy to identify. The National Interest is not easy to identify. The Threat is not easy to identify. Our Capacity is not easy to identify, and any effort to nail down a short-term desired outcome might just set the stage for something much more interesting and attractive to the the belligerents.
More from Kaplan, whom I respect.
(Yes, I get too much news from The Atlantic, but it's got the goods. What can you do?)
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