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Today, I am Georgian.

I Seem to Remember

Last year, Jere Nash chided Andy Taggart for bringing up the "Russian Boogeyman" in a blog post, because the only way Republicans win is by scaring people.

My question for Jere today is: Are the Russians scaring you yet? Because the people in Georgia are absolutely terrified.

A Question for Jere Nash

Did you miss the polonium murders last year, or the probably Russian-backed attempted assassination of Viktor Yuschenko, or the increasing trend in Russia toward autocracy (Putin recieved 71.3% of the vote in 2004), its military exercises with the Chinese, its sales of nuclear equipment to Iran, or are you just sandbagging? Seriously? Wake up and take a look outside of Daily Kos, man.

Just because they aren't saluting Lennin's statue (a tragedy to most liberals, to be sure) doesn't mean they aren't dangerous. Ask Kaiser Wilhelm, the Turks or the Crimeans.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/22/npoison422.xml

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec04/ukraine_12-15.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/08/AR2006100800919.html