thinkprogress.org — Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) called for the U.N. Security Council to “move ahead with the resolution” calling for a cease-fire and condemning Russia’s aggression against Georgia. McCain also said that NATO should begin “discussions on both the deployment of an international peacekeeping force to South Ossetia.
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Georgia thanked Israel for training & advising their military. It was in all of the Israeli newspapers: <a class="user" href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1010225.html">http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1010225.html</a> <a class="user" href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3580136,00.html">http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3580136, ...</a> <a class="user" href="http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080810israelgeorgia.html">http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080 ...</a> FYI: Georgia attacked Ossetia & Russia defended them, despite what US media says.
rthakidnAug 12, 2008
Once again, ThinkProgress cannot be trusted to deliver the "true" story. Obama called for the security council to pass a resolution condemning Russia's actions. Of course, given his lack of experience, he didn't realize that Russia sits on the council and has veto power. <a class="user" href="http://www.startribune.com/nation/26845084.html">http://www.startribune.com/nation/26845084.html</a>