Bush said Russia’s invasion of Georgia and the threat to Georgia’s democratically elected government "is unacceptable in the 21st century"
Bush to Russia: Reverse ‘unacceptable’ course in Georgia, Aug. 11
"The days of overthrowing leaders by military means in Europe — those days are gone," Khalilzad said.
U.S.: Russia trying to topple Georgian government, Aug. 11
Sen. John McCain denounced the aggressive posture of Russia by claiming that: "in the 21st century nations don’t invade other nations."
McCain: "In The 21st Century Nations Don’t Invade Other Nations", Aug. 13
"Russia is a state that is unfortunately using the one tool that it has always used, […] and that’s its military power. That’s not the way to deal in the 21st century."
Secretary Condoleezza Rice – En Route to Brussels, Belgium, Aug. 18
Indeed, most of the world is bemused by western moralising on Georgia. […] It shows how isolated is the western view on Georgia: that the world
should support the underdog, Georgia, against Russia. In reality, most
support Russia against the bullying west. The gap between the western
narrative and the rest of the world could not be greater.
[…]
The combined western population in North America, the European Union and Australasia is 700m, about 10 per cent of the world’s population. The remaining 90 per cent have gone from being objects of world history to subjects. The Financial Times headline of August 18 2008 proclaimed: “West in united front over Georgia”. It should have read: “Rest of the world faults west on Georgia”.
The west is strategically wrong on Georgia, Kishore Mahbubani, Aug. 20