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It was just a coincidence - just like the Georgia conflict. You know - people quickly change their minds like that - it happens all the time. Americans are not that stupid that they will fall for this geopolitical powerplay - they surely will see it for what it is, just like they will never vote...

Obama's lead in the polls is now down from a 8% lead to 5% lead, mainly because of recent geopolitical events. It seems the rationale for a narrow McCain-win is getting stronger. If Obama does not include someone like General Wesley Clark in his planned government, he is going to lose in my...

Now things are getting more interesting ... :D Syria and Belarus are venting the idea of hosting russian missiles. The syrian leadership is in Moscow for strategic talks. It's now also clear that in strictly geopolitical terms - Europe is the big loser, Russia has little to gain with more...

No one but the most aggressive and oppressive of leaders in the world hope that McCain gets elected. Russia has improved relations greatly with the rest of the world, and there is nothing to gain for them that could justify hoping for McCain to win. Not for russian military interests, nor for...

Nothing very surprising has happened after the cease-fire agreement, although Russia has seemed to get more settled and more calculating now - maybe the tide is turning a little in what they seem to be able to achieve. They should obviously pull out of Georgia, otherwise they will further...

Ok, I thought general Wesley Clark was well known for his intelligence, well educated background, military bravery when in action, being NATO supreme commander, strongly uniting policies when it comes to allies and his close ties to Bill Clinton - as they both have some history from Little...

Is Joseph Lieberman known for his loyalty toward his peers? Hope that Obama picks someone who give a real sense of depth and of complementing Obama. Furthermore Wesley Clark within a Barack government and involved in foreign relations would be great.

a_person, the world has changed after the fall of communism. Russia are no longer communist. The US has not changed a lot, though - and continues to seek strong domination through destabilizing like it always has done. In fact it kept almost all of it's destabilizing interests...

The NATO doctrines for the defense of Europe are pretty interesting. It mainly outlines the UK and Iceland as becoming huge airbases for attacks on any russian invasion force. Northern Scandinavia is largely expected to fall to russian domination very quickly, all while they turn into a scene...

a_person, I think Europe already acted pretty quickly in this conflict. There is not a whole lot that Europe can do to right the geopolitical outcome, unless stability is reached through good diplomacy. Both NATO and EDA are involved here. The pacifist Europe is preferable to an aggressive...

If there can be somewhat of a consensus on Saakashvili sometime in the future, then maybe he can be held accountable, and it would be a very interesting case for the courts in the Haag to say the least ... if he survives so long. It has already been mentioned in the media that Saakashvili is...

Some day-by-day details, especially interesting are the first actions of august 7th and 8th. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7551576.stm Each day is accompanied with articles, and even comments from people from within Tkshinvali and georgian locals from Gori nearby the fighting. There...

Summarized one can ask oneself: why would Saakashvili attack South Ossetia and have plans for attacking Abkhazia, when Condoleezza Rice just weeks before publicly and specifically had told him not to do so? At the latest G8 meeting Russia's Medvedev expressed concerns on Georgia, then...

... (cont.) The reason behind the conflict seem impossibly to stem from within Georgia, as in any case, a strong military reaction from Russia was expected. Also, the sacrifice of the civilians likely from such a conflict seem utterly wasted on strategic rewards locally achievable for...

Some more details seem to have become more clear now in the last day to how this conflict unfolded itself. On the 7th there were skirmishes in South Ossetia with the Georgia military involved. A few hours later in the early evening Georgia proclaimed a ceasefire, and then later in the evening...

Another difference is that McCain talks the "unilateral" talk in the Georgia conflict and towards Russia. Obama talks the "united allies" talk with better foreign relations. I think Obama gives a better world economic climate, while McCain extends the Realpolitik of not caring about the...

a_person, it was admitted by Saakashvili in the fumbling early press appearances that they had attacked Tskhinvali. The attack and shelling happened during nighttime, and the South Ossetia region mainly consists of this minority group. Then there were the facts that Saakashvili had been...

a_person, the difference between us two - is that I am not making any claims to the number of dead, while you are. You have no facts for how many dead there are - and no one have hard numbers yet. We still have to wait for full reports. It is apparent to me that Georgia sent tanks into and...

Although Obama might have an advantage on the economy, over a McCain that likely will keep an enormous defense budget and probably increase it too (it's more than half the world's total military yearly spending already), I do think he is losing bigtime now with the "giftwrapped" Georgia conflict...

a_person, feel free to edit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_South_Ossetia_war so that it reflects your view that the russians were the ones who started the attack. Good luck with that. You might also inform CNN of how you feel, so they can correct their "facts" on the introduction to...