The Fromson File

MOSCOW — This is no time for blustering in the Caucusus, not by the president of Georgia, by Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin or George Bush and Condoleezza Rice in Washington. That’s because everyone can share the blame for what’s been happening in Georgia and South Ossetia. Rice, whose credentials as a Soviet expert have [...]

Thirty-six years ago I was in Georgia and Abkhasia on assignment for CBS News. Last Friday, I was in the network’s Moscow bureau watching the war unfold between Russia and Georgia. In between repetitive scenes of bombing, shelling and chaos, I switched channels to absorb the spectacular unveiling of the Olympic Games in Beijing. Obviously, it was [...]