http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/09/12/palin-and-georgia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=palin-and-georgia n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/09/12/palin-and-georgia/comment-page-1/#comment-13853 Blink, Please! « Upturned Earth || John Schwenkler Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:16:45 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/12/palin-and-georgia/#comment-13853 [...] Blink, Please! September 12, 2008, 2:18 pm Filed under: foreign affairs, war Regarding the question of which historical analogy best helps us understand the Russo-Georgian conflict and the likely consequences of an American military response thereto, the very sharp Dan Koffler’s very sharp TAC piece on the issue is a must-read. A taste: In this deluge of commentary, almost every analogue bearing even the most superficial resemblance to the Russia-Georgia conflict has received its share of attention. (Give Council on Foreign Relations fellow Max Boot an Olympic gold for simultaneously likening the Russian invasion to Soviet, Nazi, Italian fascist, and imperial Japanese aggression.) But the most fitting historical precedent has gone unmentioned. In trying to decide what to do in the Caucasus, the United States finds itself in a position strikingly similar to that of Great Britain in 1914. After Germany’s invasion of Belgium, Prime Minister H.H. Asquith and Foreign Secretary Edward Grey faced a choice between neutrality and intervention. The decision they made proved fatal. [...] [...] Blink, Please! September 12, 2008, 2:18 pm Filed under: foreign affairs, war Regarding the question of which historical analogy best helps us understand the Russo-Georgian conflict and the likely consequences of an American military response thereto, the very sharp Dan Koffler’s very sharp TAC piece on the issue is a must-read. A taste: In this deluge of commentary, almost every analogue bearing even the most superficial resemblance to the Russia-Georgia conflict has received its share of attention. (Give Council on Foreign Relations fellow Max Boot an Olympic gold for simultaneously likening the Russian invasion to Soviet, Nazi, Italian fascist, and imperial Japanese aggression.) But the most fitting historical precedent has gone unmentioned. In trying to decide what to do in the Caucasus, the United States finds itself in a position strikingly similar to that of Great Britain in 1914. After Germany’s invasion of Belgium, Prime Minister H.H. Asquith and Foreign Secretary Edward Grey faced a choice between neutrality and intervention. The decision they made proved fatal. [...]

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