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2008-08-11 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russia preparing to attack Tblisi and conquer all of Georgia
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Posted by OldSpook 2008-08-11 18:37|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top

#1 OK you apologists for imperial Russia and Tsar Putin, explain THIS one as "peacekeeping".
Posted by OldSpook 2008-08-11 18:41||   2008-08-11 18:41|| Front Page Top

#2 And now the Russian Gangster-State thugger beings intimidating others...

Russia's ambassador to Latvia Monday warned the Baltic states and Poland that they would pay for their criticism of the Kremlin over the conflict in Georgia, the Baltic news agency BNS reported.

"One must not hurry on such serious issues, as serious mistakes can be made that have to be paid for a long time afterwards," Alexander Veshnyakov was quoted as saying by BNS.

Contacted by AFP, a spokesman for the Russian embassy in Riga confirmed the ambassador's comments but declined to elaborate.
Posted by OldSpook 2008-08-11 18:43||   2008-08-11 18:43|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm ready to go to war with Russia over this. The bastards have had it coming for quite some time. We dropped the ball in Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Let's do the right thing this time.
Posted by Iblis 2008-08-11 18:48||   2008-08-11 18:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Sorta forces Bush's hand on Iran
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-08-11 18:49||   2008-08-11 18:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, the mask is off. The Russian apologists/supporters here can disseminate all they want, but if Georgia falls and the Russians occupy (as seems the case) they are going to be the ones who will see the long term impact.

In a less than ideal scenario, Georgia may fall, but their falling may serve as a rallying signal to both the former Soviet sattelites and Western Europe that the Cold War is decidedly back on. Maybe it will make them get off their ass and do something about protecting themselves.
Posted by remoteman 2008-08-11 18:51||   2008-08-11 18:51|| Front Page Top

#6 If this turns out to be true ... well Gulf War I was about liberating kuwait ... how about helping out this friend
Posted by Legolas 2008-08-11 18:51||   2008-08-11 18:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Anybody else here see the irony of the "Find Your Russian Beauty" advert being so prominent on the site today (haven't been here for a week or so, so maybe it has been around for a while).
Posted by remoteman 2008-08-11 18:52||   2008-08-11 18:52|| Front Page Top

#8 there appear to be conflicting reports on this, on other sites they are said to be pulling back ... I tend to give alot of weight stratfor though
Posted by Legolas 2008-08-11 19:17||   2008-08-11 19:17|| Front Page Top

#9 Russians still bombing civilians.

Another AP reporter was in the village of Tkviavi, 7 1/2 miles south of Tskhinvali inside undisputed Georgian territory, when a bomb from a Russian warplane struck a house. The walls of neighboring buildings fell as screaming residents ran for cover. Eighteen people were wounded.
Posted by OldSpook 2008-08-11 19:21||   2008-08-11 19:21|| Front Page Top

#10 Question: When the USSR split up, didn't Georgia end up in possession of a substantial nuclear stockpile? If so, what happened to it?
Posted by Scott R 2008-08-11 19:24||   2008-08-11 19:24|| Front Page Top

#11 
Belarus had 81 single warhead missiles stationed on its territory after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. They were all transferred to Russia by 1996. Belarus has signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Kazakhstan inherited 1,400 nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union, and transferred them all to Russia by 1995. Kazakhstan has signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Ukraine has signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Ukraine inherited about 5,000 nuclear weapons when it became independent from the USSR in 1991, making its nuclear arsenal the third-largest in the world.[57] By 1996, Ukraine had voluntarily disposed of all nuclear weapons within its territory, transferring them to Russia.

Posted by john frum 2008-08-11 19:29||   2008-08-11 19:29|| Front Page Top

#12 Thanks John, I would have looked it up, but here at work the Burg is practically the only reliable site that isn't blocked.
Posted by Scott R 2008-08-11 19:47||   2008-08-11 19:47|| Front Page Top

#13 IF I didn't miss something, the latest statement from President Bush was just more of the same, alot of words. I am from Texas, voted twice for GW for Governor and twice for president, but I am disappointed at our response to this crisis. I realize it is a complicated situation, I just have a hard time believing there wasn't some response between words and all out war with Russia.
Posted by Legolas 2008-08-11 19:48||   2008-08-11 19:48|| Front Page Top

#14 DRUDGEREPORT > US WARNS RUSSIA TO PULL BACK. Dubya on CNN + FOX called for both sides to fall back to original borderlines on 8/06th/o8 before the start of Russo-Georgian hostilities.

*CNN > INTERVIEW ID GEORGIAN PREZ > Saakashvili claims that, as of this AM, focii of Russ Milops is now as per ABKHAZIA [new front], wid IHO Russ is also prepping to expand its milops to possibly take over the whole of sovereign Georgia. SAAKASHVILI > GEORGIA IS FIGHTING A WAR TO PROTECT ITS DEMOCRACY + WILL NEVER SURRENDER TO RUSSIA???

* Also from DRUDGE > IRNA - POLAND, LITHUANIA, ESTONIA + UKRAINE CALL FOR UN PEACEKEEPING FORCES TO BE DEPLOYED TO GEORGIA.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-08-11 19:54||   2008-08-11 19:54|| Front Page Top

#15 Photo of US Airforce returning Georgian Troops to Georgia
Posted by 3dc 2008-08-11 20:08||   2008-08-11 20:08|| Front Page Top

#16 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92GC5G80&show_article=1

Bush and Rice say play nice or we won't buy your lollipops
Posted by Legolas 2008-08-11 20:15||   2008-08-11 20:15|| Front Page Top

#17 OldSpook. It's the peace of the grave.
Posted by rjschwarz 2008-08-11 20:17||   2008-08-11 20:17|| Front Page Top

#18 Русский люди

Быть вежливость!

Мы не здес браги!

I sure hope all that's spelled correctly
Posted by badanov 2008-08-11 22:34|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org]  2008-08-11 22:34|| Front Page Top

#19 Just saw a state dept type on Fox late news talking about this. He was p-ssed off. They now seem to understand that the russians had planned this for some time. Russian troops were in both provinces under the guise of humanitarian work... fixing a railroad ... so it could be used for troops and ammo etc. Hopefully we will hear more about this.
Posted by Legolas 2008-08-11 23:47||   2008-08-11 23:47|| Front Page Top

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