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[Anthony Boynton]

Greg McDonald reposted the article below from the World Wide Socialist Web,
which bares all of the hallmarks of mindless Healyist journalism...which it
is. The WWSW repackages stuff people like Barry Grey read in the Wall Street
Journal and the New York Times with a little whiff of panic mongering left
over from Healy's days of apocalypse now, the socialist revolution is coming
tomorrow in London, so sell lots of newspapers. Barry has never had much use
for his brain, having been well trained at Stanford. Anthony


In the guise of humanitarian aid
Bush dispatches US military forces to Georgia
By Barry Grey
14 August 2008

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In a major escalation of the conflict with Russia over Georgia,
President George W. Bush on Wednesday announced a "vigorous and
ongoing" deployment of US military forces to its key ally in the
Caucasus. Bush appeared in the White House Rose Garden for the second
time in three days, this time flanked by Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and announced
the military buildup, casting it as a humanitarian relief operation.

Even as he spoke of a humanitarian mission, Bush made clear the
military dimensions of the measures he was announcing. He said he was
directing Pentagon chief Gates to lead the mission, which would be
"headed by the United States military." He announced that a C-17
military aircraft was already on its way to Georgia and that "in the
days ahead we will use US aircraft, as well as naval forces, to
deliver humanitarian and medical supplies."

This is a formula for an injection of US military and naval forces
into Georgia of indeterminate scope and duration. It will certainly
involve the presence of hundreds if not thousands of uniformed US
military personnel on the ground, and a substantial number of
warships in the region. The US is introducing this military force
into a situation that remains highly unstable and combustible,
raising the possibility of a direct military clash between the United
States and Russia.
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