Soviet Reunion

Russia's attack on neighboring Georgia over two tiny separatist provinces is really about something much bigger — Russian leader Vladimir Putin's desire to restore the former USSR's might.

Russia's ill intentions clearly are on display in Georgia. In a fit of nationalist fury, it wants to teach Georgia and other former satellite countries that once made up the Soviet Bloc that its pro-Western rapprochement days are over

What better way than to invade a former republic, humiliate its leaders and then taunt the West for failing to come to its aid?

As if that wasn't enough, Russia immediately began threatening its other neighbors. A top Russian diplomat ominously warned Monday that Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Poland would "pay" for criticizing Russia's "imperialist" policy toward Georgia...

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