President Bush Discusses Situation in Georgia (with my emphasis)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/08/20080815.html

:13 A.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I've just received an update from my national security team on the situation in Georgia. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Tbilisi. She's conferring with President Saakashvili and expressing America's wholehearted support for Georgia's democracy.

She will be traveling to Crawford, where I will meet her and she will bring me up to date on what she has seen and what she heard in Georgia, as well as in Paris -- I mean, in France. She did not go to Paris. Secretary of Defense Gates will keep me briefed on the humanitarian assistance to the people of Georgia. We're working closely with our partners in Europe and other members of the G7 to bring a resolution to this crisis.

The United States and our allies stand with the people of Georgia and their democratically elected government. Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected. Moscow must honor its commitment to withdraw its invading forces from all Georgian territory.

Some Americans listening today may wonder why events taking place in a small country halfway around the world matter to the United States. In the years since it's gained independence after the Soviet Union's collapse, Georgia has become a courageous democracy. Its people are making the tough choices that are required of free societies. Since the Rose Revolution in 2003, the Georgian people have held free elections, opened up their economy, and built the foundations of a successful democracy.

Georgia has sent troops to Afghanistan and Iraq to help others achieve the liberty that they struggled so hard to attain. To further strengthen their democracy, Georgia has sought to join the free institutions of the West. The people of Georgia have cast their lot with the free world, and we will not cast them aside.

Georgia's emergence as a young democracy has been part of an inspiring and hopeful new chapter in Europe's history. Europe has moved beyond the world wars that killed millions of people, and the Cold War that divided its citizens between two superpowers. Every administration since the end of the Cold War has worked with European partners to extend the reach of liberty and prosperity. And now, for the first time in memory, Europe is becoming a continent that is whole, free, and at peace.

Unfortunately, Russia has tended to view the expansion of freedom and democracy as a threat to its interests. The opposite is true: Free and prosperous societies on Russia's borders will advance Russia's interests by serving as sources of stability and economic opportunity.

We hope Russia's leaders will recognize that a future of cooperation and peace will benefit all parties. The Cold War is over. The days of satellite states and spheres of influence are behind us. A contentious relationship with Russia is not in America's interest. And a contentious relationship with America is not in Russia's interest.

With its actions in recent days Russia has damaged its credibility and its relations with the nations of the free world. Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century. Only Russia can decide whether it will now put itself back on the path of responsible nations, or continue to pursue a policy that promises only confrontation and isolation. To begin to repair its relations with the United States and Europe and other nations, and to begin restoring its place in the world, Russia must respect the freedom of its neighbors.

Thank you.

END 8:17 A.M. EDT

DECONSTRUCTED:

- Yes, you moron, Paris IS in France, and she WAS in Paris. Must you behave like such a friggin' retard every time you are on the "world stage?" You are a goddamned complete and utter embarrassment to your entire nation.
- I notice *'s saying "the G7" a lot in the past couple of days. Russia out of "the G8" already?
- "Moscow must honor its commitment" - Moscow has made no such committment to withdraw , nimrod.
- Why was Georgia NOT allowed to join NATO, again, Mr. Chimpers?
- More like "to extend the reach" of the US sphere...oh, yeah - there IS no such thing in the 21rst century, right?
- "Russia has tended to view the expansion" of the US sphere "as a threat to its interests," DOLT. Pretty natural reaction, if you ask me.
- "The days of satellite states and spheres of influence are behind us." I think I peed myself at this point. What an utter waste of space this sorry excuse for a man is. Is he promising to STOP?
- The only things that "Russia has damaged," is Georgian infrastructure, dimbulb. They TOO OBVIOUSLY don't give a shit about western condemnation...
- "confrontation and isolation" - OK - who's confronting them, and how are they being isolated??? The USA couldn't get its troops out of Georgia fast enough, and now that two pipelines have been shut down, Europe's going to forget this just as fast, if not FASTER.

I apologise for being insulting toward your president, DU. I simply couldn't help myself, after hearing this speech. The only reason I had to look it up and read it is that I couldn't believe it when I heard it.

Feel free to bash "Harperbot-2000" any time you wish to get even.

With its actions in recent days Russia has damaged its credibility and its relations with the nations of the free world. Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century.

Why, oh why, didn't lightning strike him on the spot when he said this?

Maybe the Almighty is :rofl:

He is so close to self-parody, he no longer demands satire.

rebuke Russia's part in all this. Yesterday in a press conference where he announced that he would violate the Logan Act by sending his henchmen to Georgia, John McCain said: "in the 21st century nations don't invade other nations."

Today, chimp had this to say: "With its actions in recent days Russia has damaged its credibility and its relations with the nations of the free world. Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century. Only Russia can decide whether it will now put itself back on the path of responsible nations, or continue to pursue a policy that promises only confrontation and isolation. To begin to repair its relations with the United States and Europe and other nations, and to begin restoring its place in the world, Russia must respect the freedom of its neighbors."

Add to those this little gem:

Yesterday, rice said this: "This is not 1968 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia where Russia can threaten a neighbor, occupy a capital, overthrow a government and get away with it. Things have changed."

What are they doing? Trying to brainwash Iraq our of our minds, or what?