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To: LindyBill who wrote (260952)	8/8/2008 5:55:45 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

There doesn't seem to be any comments from the WH. McCain demands an "unconditional withdrawal" by the Russians. If in the end the consensus will be that the fault lies with Georgians, McCain may end up looking silly. An extended conflict might also hit global energy prices, if a crucial pipeline that carries Caspian oil and gas through Georgia to Western markets should be threatened. After weeks of escalating skirmishes along the frontier between Georgia and South Ossetia, Georgian forces launched a full-scale invasion on Friday. By nightfall, they claimed to have occupied the capital, Tskhinvali, and about 70 percent of the rebel republic's territory. A Georgian military spokesman said the fighting would go on until "constitutional order" was restored, meaning Tbilisi's full control. South Ossetia's rebel president, Eduard Kokoity, was quoted by Russian state TV as saying that 1,400 civilians died Friday in the Georgian military offensive. csmonitor.com