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Bushies Considered Bombing In Georgia In 2008

3:47 pm EST February 8th, 2010 | News | 12 Comments

Crazy people who should never ever ever be allowed near our foreign policy again.

With desperate Georgians begging for American help in closing down the key route through which Russian soldiers were pouring into the country, Bush’s national security aides outlined possible responses, including ‘the bombardment and sealing of the Roki Tunnel’ and other ‘surgical strikes,’ according to a new history of the conflict and independent interviews with former senior officials.

Never.

Topic: George W. Bush

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12 Responses to “Bushies Considered Bombing In Georgia In 2008”

Duros62 says:

February 8, 2010 at 3:56 pm

To be absolutely fair, military contingency plans are always thought about and discussed.
But yeah, you’re right.
Jay says:

February 8, 2010 at 3:59 pm

President George W. Bush and his senior aides considered — and rejected — a military response to Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia

Big deal. Contingency plans like this are discussed all the time. That’s what Presidential administrations/national security/military leaders are tasked with doing Oliver.

Good grief, get some perspective will you?
Oliver Willis says:

February 8, 2010 at 4:09 pm

There’s contingency plans and there’s stupidity. Rational people wouldn’t just spitball this kind of nuttiness around.
Quaker in a Basement says:

February 8, 2010 at 4:15 pm

Aw, c’mon, OW! At least they decided not to go to war with Russia. Give ‘em a little credit.
durablend says:

February 8, 2010 at 4:47 pm

Somebody told Georgie that bombing Atlanta probably wouldn’t help the GOP
Sean D. Martin says:

February 8, 2010 at 7:15 pm

Oh, please, Oliver. Your attempt at characterizing the discussion as “spitballing”, as if it was a brainstorming session with all sorts of wacky ideas being thrown around, isn’t supported in the article you link to. Nor any indication that the “principals” considered actually taking military action.

“There was a discussion of, ‘Should we consider military action to achieve our objectives?’ and the view was that that was not an attractive option,”

And Jay is right in this instance. Contingency plans and possible courses of action are, and should be, considered. It is the job of the military leaders and advisers to the President to develop plans for various courses of action.

People using box cutters to hijack airplanes and crash them into office buildings. Terrorists stuffing explosives in their shorts. Nope, those ideas are just nutty. No point in anyone spitballing ideas around about what others might attempt to do and what we might do in response.
Jaim says:

February 8, 2010 at 7:23 pm

War with Russia when we were already losing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Yes, losing, because without a political strategy for an end-game you have already lost.)

Fuck the GOP. They can’t be trusted to run our government ever again.
SaveFarris says:

February 8, 2010 at 7:27 pm

“With desperate Georgians begging for American help…”

Wait, I thought the rest of the world hated us thanks to George W Bush!

Just another lie from the Democratics…
Sean D. Martin says:

February 8, 2010 at 7:28 pm

And apparently they chose to not go to do something that could provoke a confrontation with Russian troops.

Make no mistake, Bush was terrible at foreign policy and most things during his reign. No need to overstate or misrepresent things to find things to rail against him for.
Sean D. Martin says:

February 8, 2010 at 8:45 pm

Just another demonstration of a complete lack of understanding from Farris…
Duros62 says:

February 8, 2010 at 11:07 pm

And Jay is right in this instance

Hey!
Sean D. Martin says:

February 9, 2010 at 1:07 pm

Yeah, I know.

But blue moons, stopped clocks and all that.