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Originally posted by greysave
No its not obvious that is the problem. You aren't there neither am I? All we can rely on is the different media sources that are being fed to us. I do hear of alot of ethnic cleansing. Now the Georgians are claiming they are cleansing the territories in the buffer zone in Georgia. Russia has no right. The excuse for Russia's war has changed from Genocide to protecting non-russian citizens. Another poster made a good point, that they have been killing each other for hundreds of years, without Russia's involvement. This is just an excuse in my opinion, although that my not be obvious to you. To say your perspective is obvious and the everyone else is wrong, is incredibly arrogant.
Originally posted by Agit8dChop
Moscow has issued an extraordinary warning to the West that military assistance to Georgia for use against South Ossetia or Abkhazia would be viewed as a "declaration of war" by Russia.
The extreme rhetoric from the Kremlin's envoy to NATO came as President Dmitry Medvedev stressed he will make a military response to US missile defence installations in eastern Europe,
And Moscow also emphasised it was closely monitoring what it claims is a build-up of NATO firepower in the Black Sea.
"If NATO suddenly takes military actions against Abkhazia and South Ossetia, acting solely in support of Tbilisi, this will mean a declaration of war on Russia," he stated.
Russia, bah who are they..
..err, seems China knows them pretty well:
DUSHANBE (AFP) - Russia on Wednesday lashed out against Western criticism of its actions in Georgia as President Dmitry Medvedev discussed the situation in the Caucasus with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao.
"The Russian president informed his Chinese colleague about the situation in South Ossetia and Abkhazia," Kremlin spokeswoman Natalya Timakova said after the talks, referring to two Georgian rebel regions at the centre of the crisis.
... lets hope Dick isnt licking his lips at a prospect of extended terms, and military spending,
....lets hope Bush isnt recieving his daily dose of brain manipulation serum from the neocons
... lets hope mcbush isnt rubbing his hands together at the prospect of being a president of the 'new cold war'
How did things get this far ?
news.yahoo.com...
www.thisislondon.co.uk...
Originally posted by bios
Originally posted by greysave
No its not obvious that is the problem. You aren't there neither am I? All we can rely on is the different media sources that are being fed to us. I do hear of alot of ethnic cleansing. Now the Georgians are claiming they are cleansing the territories in the buffer zone in Georgia. Russia has no right. The excuse for Russia's war has changed from Genocide to protecting non-russian citizens. Another poster made a good point, that they have been killing each other for hundreds of years, without Russia's involvement. This is just an excuse in my opinion, although that my not be obvious to you. To say your perspective is obvious and the everyone else is wrong, is incredibly arrogant.
It would be obvious if you had viewed international news sources, instead of Fox News and CNN.
1. Georgia attacked S. Ossentia
2. Thousands of Civilian wounded - debateable on Civilian dead
3. Russia comes in and gets the civilians (and Americans) out of harm's way in S. Ossentia
4. To establish a buffer Russia invades Georgia - ransacks military bases, etc
5. The US steps in - Why? Because the Georgians help us with Iraq and a biproduct of that is that we have a defense pact of some sort with them
6. Georgia was clearly the aggressor in this latest round of violence between those peoples
7. Russia says choose us or choose them - much like Bush saying "you're either with us or against us" after 9-11. Bush answers Russia by sending US Aegis Missile Destroyers to the Black Sea.
8. Now we have a potential world war with a country who did the right thing and was our friend just last month.
We are not sided with the good guys in this.
Bush screwed the pooch on this one.
And since when is "they have been killing each other for hundreds of years..." an excuse to let it continue?
Blah -
[edit on 8/29/2008 by bios]
Originally posted by caballero
Is there any economic or geographic importance in the two areas that were being fought over?
Or were they just trying to liberate them from Georgia?
Originally posted by jpm1602
I just laughed in a way I never thought. We are large and in charge. When you see that mushroom cloud please keep repeating that mantra.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
did any of you realize all this is a 100% scripted act? yes its a PLAY, a MOVIE, a SHOW.
Russia and USA are actually on the same side, behind scenes
playing everyone for fools, scare mongering all of us into a phoney cold war
they both agreed to create this mini-low intensity conflict, and use it as propaganda to scare both of their populations into submission, because the war on terror wasnt working so good anymore, as most people saw thru it too easily
putin and bush are both just puppets for the powers that be, the international bankers/corporatists whom control the entire globe now
they are funded and orchistrated by the same people.
remember world war 2? remember how bankers/corporatists funded BOTH sides of the war? remember how it was all set up by the hidden powers? remember how so many people died for what? for nothing!
because the REAL hitlers/stalins were hidden in a veil of shadows, playing their puppets for the entire world
and our fathers/grandfathers died for those lies
you people need to STOP buying into the fake war propaganda (LIES) and realize who our REAL enemy is
the men hiding in the shadows who are funding/puppeteering this entire sham, this cherade
this is how they convince you to kill each other, with LIES
DENY IGNORANCE!
Any economic or trade sanctions placed on Moscow could result in a Russian retaliation, and experts argue Europe has more to fear from a Russian economic retaliation. It depends heavily on Russia for oil and gas imports and Moscow has shown in the past it is willing to turn off the spigot for political reasons.
"We aren't in a position to take economic or other measures to force the Kremlin to do something," Collins said. "You can make a list of things you can take away from Russia," said Simes. "But you have to create a second list of what they will do in response."
What about going after Russian state-owned gas stations in the United States? Simes points out that Exxon-Mobil has invested more in Russia. And what about freezing the foreign assets of the Russian elite? "Every American businessman in Moscow would become a target," Simes says.
One option, experts agree, is not an option: a direct U.S. military response. "We aren't going to get into a military confrontation with Russia," Collins said. After avoiding a fight with Russian troops for nearly half a century during the Cold War, Washington has been careful not to provoke Russia militarily during the conflict in Georgia.