"A lot of this has caught the Americans by surprise," says Sabine Freizer, director of the Europe Program at the International Crisis Group in Brussels. "Politicians have been on the project of supporting democracy in the former Soviet Union without thinking of the impact in Russia. Now we're seeing a reaction." Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
The problem is that the reporters NEVER deal with the questions of who actually started the conflict. Most sources have indicated that Georgia itself started the hostilities against South Ossetia that prompted the Russians to carry out their military action. The lack of attention to this basic question, there fore, calls into question the objectivity of the WSJ--which is usually more thorough in its reporting--and therefore suggests a Western/American bias to the otherwise thorough piece with plenty of background.
