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| Russian timeline vague for troop departure |
| 2008-08-23 |
| Not too sure precisely which Friday, mind you... |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 I sorta missed the part of the military dictatorship in Athens sponsoring the coup to overthrow the sovereign government of Cyprus which invoked the Turkish counter action. So the real comparison is the attempted Pan-Hellenic military annexation with the attempted Pan-Slavic military annexation of the territory of another sovereign country. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-08-23 15:44 |
| #6 Though, he does have a real good point about turkey's occupation and ethnic cleansing of european country and EU member Cyprus, which seems to goes along just foine for just about everybody (this doesn't even trouble the EUcrats in their entry negociation with turkey). |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-08-23 13:49 |
| #5 Turkey, a member of NATO and a staunch US ally ROTFLMAO! Good one Matkita. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-08-23 12:35 |
| #4 I do not see any problem here - Turkey, a member of NATO and a staunch US ally in the region has been occupying the norhern part of independent Cyprus since July 1974 (i.e. for more than 34 years), brushing aside all calls for immediate withdrawal and respecting the island's territorial integrity. Strange, eh? And UN peace-keepers (rather status-quo ones)has been there for decades in buffer zones(let's take Varosha or a former, now defunct Nicosia airport) and nobody here ever protested against it. Are Georgians any better than Greek Cyprots? What a bigotry! What is good for a goose is good for a gander as well - it seems to me a perfect example of typical American double standard... |
| Posted by: Matt K. 2008-08-23 12:31 |
| #3 ,this tells me that my nose is correct in that Russia covertly wants US-West/NATO-EU to set up inside Georgia. This is blackmail to force the UN security council to adopt their resolution. By legitimizing the buffer zone and stationing EU and UN troops there, they will reinforce their own positions in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The UN will be there for decades and the Georgians will be unable to deploy troops into the buffer zone. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-08-23 08:10 |
| #2 ALso from RUSSIA, " AND BTW, DAGNABIT, TELL THOSE WEIRD-BOY GERMANS AND THEIR BUNDESWEHR TO START REARMING BACK INTO THE WERMACHT. MOSCOW MAY DEMAND AND NEED TO BE INVADED BY DAVID HASSELHOFF ONE DAY"! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-08-23 00:18 |
| #1 FREEREPUBLIC > GEORGIAN BUFFER POINTS "PERMANENT". Iff correct,this tells me that my nose is correct in that Russia covertly wants US-West/NATO-EU to set up inside Georgia. RUSSIA > D *** NG IT, HELP ME PROTECT MYSELF IN ASIA AGZ IRAN + CHINA, OR I'LL BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF ALL OF YOUSE"! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-08-23 00:13 |