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Bush, Obama and Losing Eastern Europe

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Last Tuesday, Intelligence Squared sponsored a debate on whether or not President Barack Obama’s foreign policy signaled America’s decline as the driving force in global affairs: Dan Senor and Mort Zuckerman argued yes; Wesley Clark and Bernard-Henri Levy argued no.

"Hollywooding" South Ossetia

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

 

According to the Guardian, director Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger) has begun filming a movie about last year's Russian/Georgian conflict. The film will chroncile the lives of a journalist played by Rupert Friend, and his cameraman as they try to both cover and survive the war at hand. Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili who has apprarently already lent his office and a few tanks to the production, will be played by award winning actor Andy Garcia.

As you can see from the photos above, the resemblence is pretty close.

 

 

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