Karl Rove and the October Surprise, or Georgia on my Mind

Who would benefit from heating up the cold war three months before the presidential election? My guess would be McCain.

I first thought that the polor shift with all things Russian was just another example of the corrupt and incompetent Bush administration. After all this would be a perfect time for Russia to assert itself. Putin is no friend of the west, still angry at the way Russia has been treated since the fall of the Soviet Union. He dreams of restoring Russia’s past glory. What better time then three months before an election with an ineffective lame duck president at the helm? Added to that Saakashvili have given Putin the perfect excuse to walk into Georgia, considering his ill advised misadventure in the breakaway province of South Ossetia.

Georgia is a country that we have no interest in. The Europeans do and the Russian do, because of the pipeline. More important it is within what we used to call, the “Russian sphere of influence”, what better place to poke a stick in the Russian’s eye then Georgia.

Since it is my job to see a conspiracy in all things, I’m looking east. In my crystal ball I see Karl Rove whispering sweet promises in Saakashvili ear. We are your friends, we will protect you, you are a sweet democracy and we love you, “we are all Georgians now’.