Klaus supports Russia

Czech President Václav Klaus has come out in support of Russia in the Caucasus conflict and incurred the wrath of the Czech government, which accuses him of being blind in one eye. The business newspaper Hospodářské noviny comments: "Finally a voice of reason on the war in Georgia. President Klaus is free of anti-Russian hysteria and resentment. Klaus is right - you cannot progress on the basis of lies. Neither in Iraq nor in Georgia. Yet in modern wars a quick glance is not sufficient to identify the culprit. ... The eye of reason sees both sides, the crazy Georgians and the mad Russians. If the president fails to see the second, it is because he is looking through Moscow's glasses."

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