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Joe Biden issues statement on Russia’s invasion of Georgia on August 18, 2008

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The Bush administration has left an inheritance of a devastated domestic economy, the worst excesses in deficit spending ever seen in this country – and an international situation where our armed forces are over extended, our diplomatic alliances have been weakened, and we are seen as unreliable bullies over seas.  Joe Biden is the right Vice President for these difficult times.  

For Biden’s entire statement on Georgia from 8/18/08:

http://biden.senate.gov/press/…

For Biden’s website:

http://biden.senate.gov/

Joe Biden’s Myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/bidenfo…

[I have never signed on as anyone’s “myspace friend”, don’t have a myspace page myself – anyone want to either e-mail me or post on the pros and cons of Myspace pages?]

For more background on Biden:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/20…

Joe Biden, in decades of public life has made friends, and made enemies – but one thing is for sure, Joe Biden has stayed himself.  He is no one’s fool, no stalking horse, and ready and willing to step up, take the heat, and go anywhere he is needed.  

Also, having labored in the fields of diplomacy all those years, Joe knows just how much is at risk in Georgia and the Caucasus.  For what it is worth, AmberPaw is pleased and believes that Obama showed his own self-confidence in choosing a running mate who is at least his equal.  

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  1. Not that I can see.
    http://news.bostonherald.com/n…

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    “NATO’s decision to withhold a Membership Action Plan for Georgia might have been viewed as a green light by Russia for its attacks on Georgia, and I urge the NATO allies to revisit the decision,” McCain said.

    Obama appeared to agree, saying, “I have consistently called for deepening relations between Georgia and trans-Atlantic institutions, including a Membership Action Plan for NATO, and we must continue to press for that deeper relationship.”

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    p>Bob Barr is the only candidate advocating for a different foreign policy.
    http://www.bobbarr2008.com/pre…

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    “George Washington long ago warned America against ‘entangling alliances,’ and he was right,” says Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party candidate for president. “Russia and Georgia risk falling into a full-scale war in which the U.S. can and hopefully will avoid any involvement. But had Georgia been a member of NATO we would now be risking a full-scale confrontation with nuclear-armed Russia,” Barr observes.

    “Obviously, America should encourage both countries to back down and resolve their differences peacefully,” explains Barr. But “the status of South Ossetia, as well as Abkhazia, another Russian-supported separatist zone within Georgia, matters a lot more to Russia, on which the two territories border, than to the U.S. Moreover, Washington itself set a precedent for Russia when it intervened in Kosovo a decade ago, attacking Serbia to win independence for the separatist ethnic-Albanian majority,” notes Barr.

    “The purpose of alliances is to defend America,” says Barr. “We should not create or expand alliances where the U.S. does not have vital interests. If the Europeans want to defend distant countries like Georgia, they can do so-after all, the European Union has a larger population and bigger GDP than America, without any of Washington’s other global military commitments. It is time for Europe to accept responsibility for its own security.”

    “Any war is tragic, but not every war requires American intervention,” explains Barr. “We can do our best to mediate between Russia and Georgia, but we should avoid any military involvement. It is time to put the defense of America back into America’s defense policy.”

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