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The following excerpts are from Bernard-Henri Lévy, the French reporter and author of “Who Killed Daniel Pearl.” You should know, if you don’t know Levy, he’s you’re typical liberal Frenchman. That is to say, critical of American foreign policy until the stuff hits the fan — in this case Putin’s Russia acting as Khrushchev’s. So, [...]

“Watch yourselves, Russians! We’re dispatching experts!” A pathetic response by NATO… but given what we’ve seen with the U.N. bending like a wet noodle before Iran and North Korea, it’s expected. NATO Urges Russia To Withdraw but Will Say Little Else Envoy Mocks the Allies’ Declaration BRUSSELS, Aug. 19 — NATO allies said Tuesday that [...]

The apologists for Russia are out in full force, making their ridiculous comparisons and justifications. (Indeed, history does repeat itself, the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. This same variety of fools once blamed Ronald Reagan, not Soviet imperialism, for defending Western Europe with Pershing II missiles. How we’ve come full circle.) Here’s Matt Welch [...]

The Russians are now bombing Georgian airfields, perhaps in response to a US airlift delivering aide to Georgians. Their goals are clear. Former Lt. Col. Ralph Peters called it a three-pronged strategy to (1) carve up Georgia to the point of national weakness and permanently control and occupy those regions by proxy, backed with Russian [...]

In a post titled “McCain Should Link Tsar Putin with ‘Drill, Drill, Drill’” CNBC’s Larry Kudlow is spot on: But global strategist Thomas Barnett has the energy angle on Russia’s invasion of Georgia exactly right. He says, “Now we all have clarity about the nasty nature of Putin’s Russia,” and this gives us clarity on [...]