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2008-08-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Georgia claims downing 10 Russian aircraft, destroying 30 tanks
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Posted by Fred 2008-08-09 11:44|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 Good, fight smart not hard.
Posted by Sporong Bluetooth9895 2008-08-09 12:46||   2008-08-09 12:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Eastern minds in action.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-08-09 14:07||   2008-08-09 14:07|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder why the Russians didn't go to the UN Security Council for approval before starting their unilateral invasion.

Has anyone heard any of our left losers (yeah Obama I mean you) complaining about that? I don't mean crying to the UN after the fact either.
Posted by AlanC 2008-08-09 14:10||   2008-08-09 14:10|| Front Page Top

#4 What are they using to bring these planes down? 10 seems like an impressive count, if it's true.
Posted by Vortigern Theans3155 2008-08-09 14:18||   2008-08-09 14:18|| Front Page Top

#5 
What are they using to bring these planes down?


Russian pilots.

(I keed.)
Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford  2008-08-09 18:15||   2008-08-09 18:15|| Front Page Top

#6 From various sources it sounds like Georgia is taking a pretty bad beating at this point, and the US and Europe have no stomach for a fight with the Russians in these circumstances.

Well Europe never would, they'd call us.
Posted by Legolas 2008-08-09 18:27||   2008-08-09 18:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Isn't it time for a UN Resolution
Posted by macofromoc 2008-08-09 19:58||   2008-08-09 19:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Reset that quote to 30 armored vehicles and I might believe it. The Russians don't have "hundreds" of tanks to put into Georgia in this short amount of time. They've moved some mech units, mixed tank and BMP. They are also allowing lots of "civilians" to move south into Georgia. The Guardian, yesterday, reported the Don Cossacks moving.

CNN is reporting Russian use of strategic bombers and ballistic missiles.

Georgia only has five brigades of troops, about 15,000.
Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins  2008-08-09 22:06|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org]  2008-08-09 22:06|| Front Page Top

#9 Clearly the Georgians are the mouse that roared, but they can't keep this up for long. However bad the Russian military is right now in terms of maintenance, logistics and morale, they're still the 800 pound bear in the region.
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2008-08-09 22:26||   2008-08-09 22:26|| Front Page Top

#10 CNN is reporting Russian use of strategic bombers and ballistic missiles.

CNN wouldn't know a ballistic missile if they had one jammed up their collective asses.
Posted by badanov 2008-08-09 23:00|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org]  2008-08-09 23:00|| Front Page Top

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