edit: ack total misread, please ignore/delete post at your leisure.

[edit on 23-11-2008 by unnamedninja]

Wow, imagine if they would have fired directly at the Polish president. WWIII anyone? If the killing of Franz Ferdinand could start a world war, an attack on the Polish president by Russian military most definitely could as well.

They were within 30 meters of the border, warning shots were fired into the air...

I don't see how this is a big deal. They were warned not to come closer, they acknowledged the warning, and turned back. Nobody harmed.

Is there something I'm missing here?

Honestly, when I read this. I thought they were talking about President's Bush convoy and not Georgias'. But, this makes you wonder what is the ulterior motive for this?

Originally posted by jhill76
Honestly, when I read this. I thought they were talking about President's Bush convoy and not Georgias'. But, this makes you wonder what is the ulterior motive for this?

I thought they were being generous with Obama's position, and an attack on him.

But I wonder why President Mikheil Saakashvili thought he would take the Poland President to a trip to South Ossetia and why the Poland President would want to go?

Because the European Union, especially the United Kingdom and France, were unwilling to express sympathy and solidarity regarding the South Ossetia War. In fact, the United Kingdom has told Eastern Europe to stop using European and NATO membership as a means to provoke Russia.

The British were pretty candid with their remarks towards President Saakashvili, the Foreign Office made it evidently clear it would not provide military assistance for "kamikaze wars" - effectively threatened to block Georgian NATO membership (which Britain did before.)

France objects to the missile defence shield on European soil too.

This was likely a deliberate provocation by Georgia and their hothead idiot-in-charge Saakashvili. What the hell was the convoy doing so close to the border with a breakaway region which is still in a state of war. Reckless would be a sever understatement. Saakashvili probably took the Polish President of a ride, without the Polish President actual knowing where the hell they are.

And the shots were likely warning shots from the border patrol - either Ossetian or Russian. If these weren't warning shots, then I am sure they wouldn't have missed. Likely the shooters didn't even know who was in the convoy. Why the surprise about warning shots? WTF do you expect driving near a recently active conflict zone?

If anything, I think Saakashvili has some explaining to do for this reckless trip. How can that idiot be trusted with anything?