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2008-08-24 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by ryuge 2008-08-24 09:49|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 "Fill 'er up."

Posted by Perfesser 2008-08-24 10:22|| 2008-08-24 10:22|| Front Page Top

#2 One wonders when their reporting will reflect reality. Then one reads the Wall Street Journal.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-08-24 10:28|| 2008-08-24 10:28|| Front Page Top

#3 What am I missing NS? THIS article seems to be thinking pretty clearly, unlike their typical blinkered viewpoint.

"while overseeing his country's continuing occupation of neighboring Georgia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev found time to meet with visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Mr. Assad, who is under suspicion of ordering the murder of political opponents"

Posted by Slats Glans2659 2008-08-24 12:06|| 2008-08-24 12:06|| Front Page Top

#4 This is not an article, it is an editorial. The news pages in the WaPo continue to be filled with leftist slanted reporting. Same as the WSJ. It creates a false impression that because the editorial slant is clearly realist the reporting must be too. Not so.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-08-24 12:22|| 2008-08-24 12:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Russia will do whatever it wants in Georgia, because the West is not prepared or not able to respond.

For example, if Europe said we will implement a nuclear power program to ensure they don't need Russian gas in 5 to 10 years, Russia would be out of Georgia PDQ.

Posted by phil_b 2008-08-24 12:59|| 2008-08-24 12:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Phil, doesn't most of gas (and oil) supply come from Azerbaijan?

Posted by Spike Uniter 2008-08-24 13:34|| 2008-08-24 13:34|| Front Page Top

#7 Thanks NS. I hoped I was missing something. Between the WP making sense AND the nomination of Biden as VP, I thought maybe reality and I had gone in different directions.

Well, at least Russia is seen as the bad guy again.

Posted by Slats Glans2659 2008-08-24 14:28|| 2008-08-24 14:28|| Front Page Top

#8 The reality-based community prefers its reality in bite-sized nuggets. Give WaPo time.

Posted by Steve White 2008-08-24 14:47|| 2008-08-24 14:47|| Front Page Top

#9 SpikeU,Georgia doesn't produce much oil but it is an important transportation route for it, from as you say, Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is perhaps the oldest oil exporting region in the world, and as such has long been a 'hub' for gathering new oil supplies from around the Caspian region and sending them on through the traditional outlets. Georgia, with its central valley running from the Black Sea towards the Caspian, is one (and the most direct) of those routes, both for rail and for pipeline. Most other routes run through Russia, and now so do the Georgian routes.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-08-24 15:28|| 2008-08-24 15:28|| Front Page Top

#10 Azerbaijan and Georgia would also be the transit route to transport Turkmen gas to Europe. 1/3 of all Russian gas exports is Turkmen gas the Russians pay 30-40 cents on the dollar and transport through their pipelines. That's billions/year in free money to the KGB princes. An alternate pipeline would reduce Russian gas export revenues by 25%. And there are many areas of the Caspian and Kazakhstan still to be explored or put into production.

Posted by ed 2008-08-24 16:12|| 2008-08-24 16:12|| Front Page Top

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