What the hell? We don't need to send Rice to Georgia, the EU is handling it.

[RB TexLa]

I'm sure they can send her an update in Washington.



http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/bush-sends-rice-to-georgia-2008-08-13.html

[Muttocracy]

1. Gah! She went there in July! Don't let her go back! nt

[napi21]

2. Well damn. They have to make it LOOK like she's doing

SOMETHING!!!!

[RB TexLa]

3. She can get her updates with Espinosa and Emerson

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Thought she was going to France. Did Bush just change that to Georgia?

[MadrasT]

7. Both

Quote from speech: "I'm sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to France, where she will confer with President Sarkozy. She will then travel to Tbilisi, where she will personally convey America's unwavering support for Georgia's democratic government. On this trip, she will continue our efforts to rally the free world in the defense of a free Georgia."

First a little shoe shopping in Paris... then off to convey support. :eyes:

[David Dunham]

5. The EU arranged cease fire means nothing. US presence is needed in GA

[RB TexLa]

6. Nope, not needed.

Any ceasefire can fail, but there's no need for US involvement.



By Ingrid Melander and David Brunnstrom 2 hours, 25 minutes ago

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers agreed in principle on Wednesday to send monitors to supervise a French-brokered ceasefire between Russia and Georgia in the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia.

"We are determined to act on the ground," French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said after briefing an emergency meeting on his country's mediation efforts as president of the 27-nation bloc.

"The EU must be ready to engage, including on the ground, to support all efforts, including those of the United Nations and the OSCE for a lasting and peaceful settlement of the conflicts in Georgia," a joint statement said.

Ministers also agreed to step up humanitarian aid urgently.

The head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said that as a first step, the pan-European security body would increase the number of monitors in place from 200 to 300 to help secure the fragile truce after six days of fighting.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080813/wl_nm/georgia_ossetia_eu_dc_1

[sinkingfeeling]

8. I think the US presence in Georgia is one of the reasons this is happening.