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To: i-node who wrote (407862)	8/18/2008 4:49:11 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1571897

Can you give Medvedev a call? He's starting to sound too much like Putin. Maybe you could talk some sense into him and get him to see how much he is pissing off the great and powerful Oz.....I mean, the US. I'd hate for the guy to lose his job over this mess. "Speaking in Vladikavkaz, a garrison town near Russia's mountain border with Georgia, Medvedev praised the armed forces and said Georgia could not "go unpunished." He also said Russia was strongly determined to ensure "security throughout the region", and warned: "We will do whatever is necessary, and no one should have any illusion" about this. Russia would respond with "shattering" blows to any adversary that killed Russian troops or citizens in the region, Medvedev said earlier. His words were a rebuke to Western leaders, who are angry at the Russian occupation of swathes of Georgia, launched August 8 in response to a Georgian assault on Moscow-backed separatists in its South Ossetia region." afp.google.com

To: i-node who wrote (407862)	8/18/2008 5:11:19 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571897

"I can assure you that had Reagan been president when the situation first happened, it would not have persisted. " Reagan took office 444 days after it started. Not only did he do nothing at that time, he didn't even talk about doing anything. He did criticize Carter for being weak. And he made harsh speeches after he got into office. Later, he decided to sell the Iranians arms. To what extent was never determined. "Clinton missed bin laden in '96 when Sudan's intelligence agency offered to hand him over " And it never was clear they were in a position to actually do it. "In the Fall of 2000, Predators over Afghanistan spotted bin Laden at Tarnak Farm" That's the one where the CIA starting putting on the brakes because they weren't sure he was actually there. "the WH required the CIA to capture, NOT kill, bin Laden." An irrelevant detail.