Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze reacted with anger to my latest article in the Washington Examiner this week. That article considered the Georgian government’s possible use of a World War I-era chemical agent during last year’s protest crackdowns. Why did this strike such a sensitive nerve in Tbilisi?
The primary answer is that it appeared in a conservative U.S. media outlet. This is the very audience that the government’s Georgian Dream party has been trying hard to cultivate in hopes of Washington turning a blind eye to its alliance with America’s enemies.
Since Trump took office, the ruling party has tried to present itself as an ally of President Donald Trump‘s political movement. But Georgian Dream’s record tells a different story. In policy, rhetoric, and worldview, nothing about this government resembles what the American
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