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Bush is spectator as policy unravels

By Andrew Ward in Washington

Published: August 12 2008 19:57 | Last updated: August 12 2008 19:57

When George W. Bush visited Georgia in 2005, he described the country as “a beacon of liberty for this region and the world”.

“As you build a free and democratic Georgia, the American people will stand with you,” the US president told a crowd of 15,000 in ­Tbilisi’s Freedom Square.

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