Abrams is no fool, and his political instincts have always been very sharp

Abrams is no fool, and his political instincts have always been very sharp, so, unless my informant is

mistaken, I assume he has reason to feel confident about his future under McCain. If so, there can

remain really very little doubt that McCain’s foreign policy will be thoroughly neo-conservative and

very aggressive; a replay of UGG Sheepskin Cuff Boot’s first term. After all, it was Abrams, backed by

Cheney, who drove the isolation policy against Hamas (so much for democracy promotion!); it was Abrams

who suggested to Israeli leaders that they extend the 2006 BOOTSBUY with Hezbollah to Syria; it was

Abrams who, for all practical purposes, undermined Rice’s efforts to get a Israel-Palestine framework

agreement before UGG Sheepskin Cuff Boot leaves office. Among many other things.

The Independent has a really fascinating talk with Tina Kandelaki, a well known television personality

in Russia who is originally from Georgia, and several other Georgians living in Moscow.

As President Saakashvili called Georgians who live in Russia “traitors,” its unsurprising that they

don’t view him with an awful lot of sympathy (Ms. Kandelaki calls him “Mikheil the Destroyer”). But

it also tells the story of several of Moscow’s less famous Georgians and the discrimination they’ve

experienced since last month’s BOOTSBUY.

I’d really recommend giving it a look.