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Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
#7 Seems like yesterday that Shevardnadze was a good guy. Ah well alas and a lak. |
Posted by: Shipman 2003-11-23 8:09:33 PM |
#6 Old Grouch, thanks for the tip. Cinderella Bloggerfeller had a link to this BBC article quoting regional heads of state on their concern with the situation in Georgia. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-23 7:07:15 PM |
#5 This might be a good place to remind Rantburgers (mmmm... new taste sensation?) of a couple of blogs relevant to this topic. Cincerella Bloggerfeller follows lot of central European sources. Here are profiles of opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili and Nino Burjanadze (Georgia's "acting president"), both translated from Gazeta Wyborcza. And Mary Neal of Living With Caucasians is blogging from Tbilisi:
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Posted by: Old Grouch 2003-11-23 4:48:42 PM |
#4 Quote from a Reuters article: "The 81-year-old, who wore a pin bearing a picture of Georgia's other well-known son Josef Stalin, said he was fed up of waiting for his 14 lari (about $7) a month pension to arrive and accused Shevardnadze of toying with peoples' lives. " http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=721&e=1&u=/nm/20031123/wl_nm/georgia_scene_dc If a Stalin supporter hated Shevardnadze then I'm nervous about who he does support and what role they had in the "revolution". I know nothing about the opposition... I'm curious to learn what their ideology is. |
Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2003-11-23 4:44:15 PM |
#3 in the accounts I have read there is no talk of Islam being a factor in Georgian politics. I would guess that our interests coincide with those of the Russians in this case. We would like a stable regime that doesn't sponsor or host internaitonal terrorists. I wonder if they will ask for Western help. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-23 1:45:41 PM |
#2 Who can tell at this point? Ed started out as a unifying figure in Georgia after the shoot-em-up period with Zviad Gamsakhurdia. As an administrator he's been ineffective and corruption's become a way of life -- Georgia's as much an alliance of bandidos as it is a country. My gut tells me to put my hopes on the opposition and hope the process spreads to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, where they also have presidents-for-life. But I don't think they're going to be able to actually govern any better than Ed did. Both the candidates to succeed Ed seem to be pro-American. On the other hand, Russia regards Georgia as being within its sphere of influence. If they try to do something about the Pankisi Gorge and put the military assistance we gave them last year to use, then it'll be a good thing. |
Posted by: Fred 2003-11-23 11:29:42 AM |
#1 Fred, is this good news or bad? |
Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-23 11:25:17 AM |