Godwin's Law strikes again!

'The former US national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, has called on the world community to isolate Russia in protest over its campaign in the Caucasus, likening its tactics to those of "Hitler or Stalin".

Brzezinski, who was the national security adviser under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981, and is now an occasional adviser to the Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, said the Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin, was "following a course that is horrifyingly similar to that taken by Stalin and Hitler in the 1930s".'

guardian.co.uk, Tuesday August 12 2008

Leading politicians in France and Germany who expressed opposition to the unilateral foreign and military policy of the Bush administration and the expansion of NATO to include a country where (as recently as last year) anti-government protesters were confronted by riot police and special troops entered Imedi TV station, had possibly entertained hopes of a change of line as a result of the November presidential election.

On the issue of the US stance toward Russia, however, they have been sorely disappointed.

It appears that both the Democratic and Republican parties are seeking to outdo one another in their declarations of hostility toward Moscow.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden, fresh off a trip to the Republic of Georgia, said
"I left the country convinced that Russia's invasion of Georgia may be the one of the most significant event to occur in Europe since the end of communism,"
The senator also issued a terse warning to the former Soviet Union, saying that "Russia's actions in Georgia will have consequences."
- CBS News today