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John McCain:

"Americans wishing to spend August vacationing with their families or watching the Olympics may wonder why their newspapers and television screens are filled with images of war in the small country of Georgia. Concerns about what occurs there might seem distant and unrelated to the many other interests America has around the world. And yet Russian aggression against Georgia is both a matter of urgent [highlight]moral[/highlight] and strategic importance to the United States of America.

"Georgia is an ancient country, at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and [highlight]Central Asia[/highlight], and one of the world’s first nations [highlight]to adopt Christianity[/highlight] as an official religion. After a brief period of independence following the Russian revolution, the Red Army forced Georgia to join the Soviet Union in 1922. As the Soviet Union crumbled at the end of the Cold War, Georgia regained its independence in 1991, but its early years were marked by instability, corruption, and economic crises.

"Following fraudulent parliamentary elections in 2003, a peaceful, [highlight]democratic revolution[/highlight] took place, led by the U.S.-educated lawyer Mikheil Saakashvili. The [highlight]Rose Revolution[/highlight] (sounds better than red or jew revolution doesn't it?) changed things dramatically and, following his election, President Saakashvili embarked on a series of wide-ranging and successful reforms. I’ve met with President Saakashvili many times, including during several trips to Georgia.

"The U.S. should work with Azerbaijan and Turkey, and other interested "friends", to develop plans to strengthen the security of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan [highlight]oil pipeline[/highlight].

"The U.S. should send immediate economic and [highlight]humanitarian[/highlight] assistance to help mitigate the impact the invasion has had on [highlight]the people[/highlight] (Read: the rich people, ie: jews) of Georgia.
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