Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08SAOPAULO456
2008-08-25 12:06:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Sao Paulo
how-toVZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHSO #0456 2381206 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 251206Z AUG 08 FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8477 INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 9613 RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 8821 RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 3155
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000456
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: GEORGIA/RUSSIA CRISIS
After Georgia
Article by Marcelo de Paiva Abreu, professor at the School of
Economics in PUC Rio de Janeiro (Catholic University),in
center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (08/25) says: "Last week's
happenings in Ossetia, Abkhazia and Georgia explained important
changes in the global political balance. For the first time, since
the fall of communism, it is evident that there are concrete limits
to the U.S. strategy based on the utilization of the U.S. economic
and military forces. ... It was clearly evident the resurgence of
Russian military power. But, more importantly it was the evidence
that the U.S. did not have the right conditions to go further than
offering moral comfort to Saakashvili and from a military point of
view, nothing could be done to avoid a Georgian humiliation. The
imprudence of the U.S. strategy was painfully evident and North
American frustration with its own incompetence was so huge that the
government easily convinced itself that everything could be
explained away by Russian bad faith...."
White
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: GEORGIA/RUSSIA CRISIS
After Georgia
Article by Marcelo de Paiva Abreu, professor at the School of
Economics in PUC Rio de Janeiro (Catholic University),in
center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (08/25) says: "Last week's
happenings in Ossetia, Abkhazia and Georgia explained important
changes in the global political balance. For the first time, since
the fall of communism, it is evident that there are concrete limits
to the U.S. strategy based on the utilization of the U.S. economic
and military forces. ... It was clearly evident the resurgence of
Russian military power. But, more importantly it was the evidence
that the U.S. did not have the right conditions to go further than
offering moral comfort to Saakashvili and from a military point of
view, nothing could be done to avoid a Georgian humiliation. The
imprudence of the U.S. strategy was painfully evident and North
American frustration with its own incompetence was so huge that the
government easily convinced itself that everything could be
explained away by Russian bad faith...."
White