Russia claims that United States is responsible for the Russia-Georgia conflict. Damn I love a good conspiracy theory!

Russians were told over breakfast yesterday what really happened in Georgia: the conflict in South Ossetia was part of a plot by Dick Cheney, the Vice-President, to stop Barack Obama being elected president of the United States.

“George Bush's Administration is promoting interests of candidate John McCain,” said Dr Markov. “Defeated by Barak Obama on all fronts, McCain has one last card to play yet - the creation of a virtual Cold War with Russia . . . Bush himself did not want a war in South Ossetia but his Republican Party did not leave him any choice.” The Americans were now engineering an armed conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Dr Markov added.


Now usually I would take any conspiracy theories from Russia with a ginormous grain of salt, but if i have to choose between believing them or the Bush administration? Well....

Besides Russia is not alone in making this claim.

The LA Times does not disagree with them completely.

Neither does my friend over at Watergate Summer.

The same sentiment can be found here.

You can even see a cartoon about it below.

The Iraqis have decided that the Iraq war is over, we are losing in Afghanistan, and Bin Laden's cabdriver only received a minimal sentence. Who can the Republicans use to scare us into voting for John McCain?

Fear of Russia kept us voting for Republicans and building up our military for decades, so I believe the neo-cons went back to the bogeyman of their youth.

Unfortunately for them, in this age of instant communication the Russians proved far too capable of getting their side of the story out to the world. Then the Georgians crumbled under the great might of the Russian military with barely a whimper. And the majority of Americans were too worn out from the Iraqi conflict to get too worked up about another war. What if you gave a war an nobody showed up?

In other words this is an example of another Republican epic-fail. And it shows that they are getting desperate. And that is a little scary.

Update: Now the Bush administration is actually taking credit for brokering a peace between Georgia and Russia. Damn who in that administration has that kind of balls? Oh Condi, I should have known.

Son of Update: Apparently this 12 year old girls knows who started the conflict as well. And she says it to American audiences on FOX NEWS! Listen for Shepard Smith mumbling to himself and trying to figure out some way to get the girl and her aunt off his damn show!