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2008-08-13 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Abkhazian fighters plant flag inside Georgia

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Posted by john frum 2008-08-13 08:41|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Can you get a more blatant example of the reversion of the world to tribalism than this?

Does every valley have to be it's own country now? The wold seems to be deconstructing to a time before the Romans.

Posted by AlanC 2008-08-13 14:03|| 2008-08-13 14:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Every village thug getting his chance to be a head of state, print their own currency, loot the treasury etc.

Posted by john frum 2008-08-13 15:09|| 2008-08-13 15:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Not really, or rather there are two opposite trends in play and they are not reconcillable... and there can be only one at the end.

It's just Pooty is a subscriber of divide, employ a thug and conquer. in this case.

Which is nothing new in the area, Soviets practiced it in spades and if you look at the ethnic map of Russia, you'll see the degree of how that policy was employed--swiss cheese would not even begin to describe it.

Which, of course, one day will kick them into their ass big time. Let alone Abkhazia/S Ossetia adventure will have a bunch of unintended consequences within Russia proper in not that far remote future.

Posted by Spike Uniter 2008-08-13 15:26|| 2008-08-13 15:26|| Front Page Top

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