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Georgia started it? Yeah right.

Of course, Georgia started it. Frigging Fox News says Georgia started it. US military advisers in Georgia say Georgia started it. What are you arguing with?

peacekeepers require an Article 7 resolution to come out of the UNSC and guess who has a veto there?

If Russia wants to play games, I don’t see why we can’t oblige them. They’ve crossed a line here and showed their paranoia to the world. A harsh response is called for, after all, how do you kill a bear? With several hunting dogs , or a snare. To me, the hunting dogs are the East Europeans, the snare is Riko Tunnel.

It may be dreaming, but I think such a reaction would catch the Russians off guard, like Ukraine’s port denial was.

Update:
Goldberg: And you thought I was done!
Westley: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
Vizzini: Wait ’til I get going!

“The United States and our allies should continue efforts to bring a resolution before the UN Security Council….We should move ahead with the resolution despite Russian veto threats, and submit Russia to the court of world public opinion.”

Oh yeah! That’s going to sting!

As for the Chosen One. Unfortunately, he’s on vacation right now. But not to worry, he’ll weigh in with perfect 20-20 hindsight in a couple of weeks after all the dust has settled.

you forgot to mention that the messiah has gone on vacation and is not currently answering prayers although i heard the UN was going to save us in his absence.

But alas, this is real life where the US Congress is on vacation, the Speaker is busy trying to sell copies of her book, the President stays in Beijing to watch a baseball game, and the Russians get to walk all over a small US ally.

It wouldn’t anyway.

you can pick whatever you want. One thing that IS clear is you have no idea what you are talking about. Russia repairs the railroads and sends 8,000 troops to the region. But they had no plans for this invasion. Georgia started it? Yeah right.

Russian railroad troops will leave Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia within two months, Russia’s defense minister said on Saturday.

Around 300 Russian railroad troops arrived in the self-proclaimed republic on May 31 as part of a Moscow humanitarian assistance initiative for Abkhazia.

“There is no contingent in Abkhazia that would threaten Georgia, there are only construction workers who will leave Abkhazia once their work to restore the railroad has been completed,” Anatoly Serdyukov said.

The deployment met a furious reaction from Georgia, which accused Moscow of preparing for military intervention.

Relations between Russian and its ex-Soviet ally have deteriorated greatly in recent years over Russia’s support for Abkhazia and South Ossetia, another separatist region in Georgia, and Tbilisi’s drive for NATO membership.

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer urged Russia on Tuesday to pull its unarmed railroad troops out of Abkhazia.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20080607/109500681.html

Like I said idiot or mouth piece for Moscow.

I’ll take… uhm, idiot. No, mouth-piece. Damn… Can I pick freedom hater? Please?

Ruling party wins landslide victory in parliamentary election. Opposition says election was rigged and threatens to boycott new parliament.

Russia sends 300 unarmed troops to Abkhazia, saying they are needed for railway repairs. Georgia accuses Russia of planning military intervention.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1102575.stm

seems freevillage wrong again.

hmm yes. tell me this can you read? Bnelson is the one that suggest the railroad.

They also laid some railroad track that was subsequently used to transport troops this last weekend.

bnelson44 on August 11, 2008 at 10:07 PM

Not I. So if you can’t get your facts right on this thread why would anyone think you have any idea on what is going on internationally. Like I said idiot or mouth piece for Moscow. the attack on my love for my country was priceless.

Russia pulled a fast one on us.

SteveMG on August 11, 2008 at 10:21 PM

They’ve got oil and billions in oil revenue. The Iranians would be ten years behind in nuclear technology without the help of the Ruskies. Somebody better rewind the KGB-Awareness watch, wake up our intelligence agencies and prepare for a cold war against a more formidable adversary with money to burn, and leadership that’s flexing it’s muscles and looking for a fight.

freevillage, you’re under attack on the other thread, on the left, the big on, on topic.

OMFG, I hope I’m not accused of not caring about 3335 quadrillions of dead people. It’s THE TRUTH that I’m afraid of most.

My understanding is that they were taking part in joint exercises. But regardless I don’t think we need 100% combat troops inserted into Georgia A simple show of resolve in the capital of Georgia would I think make Russia pause in its attack. We can then take the pause and insert the combat troops and redine the borders.

Because you would be left to spin Russia’s reasons for moving beyond Ossetia into Georgian territory, with further spinning taking place as they attack Tblisi.