The Caucasus
Michael Dobbs,"‘We Are All Georgians'? Not So Fast." Washington Post, 17 August, argues that Washington policy-makers have been talking loudly and have a little stick to wield.
Michael Walzer,"Georgia on my Mind," Dissent, 15 August, has"six short contributions to the necessary public debate."
Loreena McKennitt,"Night Ride Across the Caucasus":
Made by Hikmet. Lyrics under the fold:
Ride on Through the night Ride on
Ride on Through the night Ride on
There are visions, there are memories
There are echoes of thundering hooves
There are fires, there is laughter
There's the sound of a thousand doves
(chorus)
In the velvet of the darkness
By the silhouette of silent trees
They are watching, they are waiting
They are witnessing life's mysteries
(chourus)
Cascading stars on the slumbering hills
They are dancing as far as the sea
Riding o'er the land, you can feel its gentle hand
Leading on to its destiny
(chorus)
Take me with you on this journey
Where the boundaries of time are now tossed
In cathedrals of the forest
In the words of the tongues now lost
Find the answers, ask the questions
Find the roots of an ancient tree
Take me dancing, take me singing
I'll ride on till the moon meets the sea
(chorus x2)