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reply posted on 11-8-2008 @ 06:33 PM by pause4thought
reply to post by D.E.M.




There is a question as to where Russia is heading, and this raises questions and implications for the rest of the world.


Last speaker finished with this.



I'll follow that line with this (which I recently posted in another thread):

What is interesting is that Bush says that Russia's aim may be to depose the Georgian government. Given the intelligence assets at the President's disposal, this type of official acknowledgement is more weighty than our layman's hunches that this was the case. And this interpretation of events actually relates to a worst case scenario, particularly bearing in mind that Mr Cheyney has already stated that the Russian advances must not go unanswered.

The video of the speech can be viewed here:

news.bbc.co.uk...

(half way down the page)



reply posted on 11-8-2008 @ 06:42 PM by pause4thought
reply to post by D.E.M.



That was good, up-to-date info. But can you see the Russians admitting that is their intention?


reply posted on 11-8-2008 @ 06:56 PM by pause4thought
reply to post by D.E.M.



From the Russian diplomat, who has just concluded, we are supposed to believe that this is all a Peace action to prevent the Georgians from killing the S.O's en masse. Somehow i doubt this.


Spot on. This has been the Russian government's spin from the outset. We are supposed to believe that Russia is doing all this to help out the inhabitants of part of Georgia who want independence, and need protecting from their own government!

The main deception is that Russia is portraying South Ossetia as an area in which Georgia has no right to keep troops. What they want you to forget is that it is part of Georgia, notwithstanding the fact that many who live there have (very conveniently) been handed Russian passports in recent times by the Russian authorities, who now come to rescue 'their own citizens'...


reply posted on 11-8-2008 @ 06:57 PM by netwarrior
From Drudge

Georgia overrun by Russian troops as full-scale ground invasion begins.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Georgian officials tonight claimed the country had been 'overrun' by Russian troops after a full-scale ground invasion.

Amid reports that Moscow forces had taken the town of Gori - and were marching on the capital Tsblisi - Georgian soldiers appeared to be in full retreat.

Troops were apparently in complete chaos as a full-scale rout pushed them back through the countryside.

Meanwhile, the civilian crisis intensified with thousands of refugees fleeing the seemingly unstoppable advance of the Russian army.



Confirm? Anyone seen this elsewhere?


reply posted on 11-8-2008 @ 07:01 PM by mattguy404
reply to post by netwarrior



I've seen it on TV news - both military and civilians making a huge exodus from other cities to try to defend the capital.

Georgia has appealed for international intervention and has pulled its battered forces back to defend the capital, as Russian troops move further into its territory, ignoring Western pleas to halt military occupation.

"The Georgian army is retreating to defend the capital. The Government is urgently seeking international intervention to prevent the fall of Georgia," a Georgian statement said.


www.abc.net.au...

McCain, Obama say Russia faces fallout over Georgia


McCain, a Republican senator from Arizona who has made international issues the centerpiece of his campaign for the Nov. 4 election, offered a lengthy discourse on the crisis in the Caucasus for reporters and cameras.
Obama later made a brief appearance in Hawaii, where he is on a family holiday, to caution Russia that its future ties were at stake.


www.alertnet.org...

An opportunity for the candidates to grab some geopolitical brownie points.
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