WWIII ready to explode in the Caucausus

Well thats where the next lot of oil and gas is going to come from, around the caspian sea (hoping i am in geogrphical proximity here).

So its no surprise that "Georgia receives now the highest NATO military aid per capita in the world. In 2003 the US alone gave USD 64 million (official numbers). In 2004 it doubled." as MattMariott puts it.

We need a good buddy in the region, you know.. to break us off some.


[edit on 10/9/2004 by Corinthas]

Originally posted by Corinthas
Well thats where the next lot of oil and gas is going to come from, around the caspian sea ...
So its no surprise that "Georgia receives now the highest NATO military aid per capita in the world. In 2003 the US alone gave USD 64 million (official numbers). In 2004 it doubled." as MattMariott puts it.

We need a good buddy in the region, you know.. to break us off some.

the governments of the Caspian Sea region on the NATO payroll have no oil to export. The pipeline hoax was debunked long ago. For instance see post 4 here and the replies to that post
www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/538422/posts

[edit on 11-9-2004 by MattMarriott]

Russia is in full control of the situation in Chechnya.

World's best financed terrorists infiltrate from Georgia, strike and retreat.

These Jihadists shoot russian choppers that are patrolling the border with Georgia, from their bases in the Pankisi valley, Georgia. They use the most advanced weapons, that Saudi Arabia & Co. supplies them.

The terrorists that massacred the children in Beslan entered Ossetia from Georgia.

The government of Georgia is about to pay for these crimes

Originally posted by MattMarriott
President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of undermining Russia's struggle against terror by meeting with Chechen separatists and rejected calls for a public inquiry into whether authorities mishandled the hostage-taking in Beslan.

Putin told a group of Western policy analysts Monday night that his administration has repeatedly complained about meetings between U.S. officials and representatives of Chechen separatists, but to no avail.

Washington has invariably responded with "we will get back to you" or "we reserve the right to talk with anyone we want," Putin told the group during a wide-ranging policy discussion at his residence outside Moscow, according to CNN's account of the meeting.

"Why don't you meet Osama bin Laden, invite him to Brussels or to the White House and engage in talks, ask him what he wants and give it to him so he leaves you in peace? Why don't you do that?" Putin said, according to The Guardian.


"You find it possible to set some limitations in your dealings with these bastards, so why should we talk to people who are child-killers?" he said, Reuters reported.

Putin's comments shed further light on who he had in mind Saturday when he lashed out at those who assist terrorist efforts to "tear off a big chunk of our country" because they "think that Russia, as one of the greatest nuclear powers of the world, is still a threat, and this threat has to be eliminated." Putin was speaking in a televised address to the nation.

Moscow has criticized a decision by a U.S. court to grant asylum to Ilyas Akhmadov, foreign minister in the rebel government.

Putin reportedly bears a personal grudge against British Prime Minister Tony Blair for a British court's refusal to hand over Akhmad Zakayev, envoy to Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov. Denmark earlier refused to extradite Zakayev as well.

"There's a Yugoslavia variant here," Putin warned, according to notes taken by participant Eileen O'Connor, The Washington Post reported. "It would be difficult to imagine the consequences for the rest of the world. Bear in mind Russia is a nuclear power."

www.themoscowtimes.com...

While I find this entire incident concerning school children repulsive, Russia should not be suprised by the American position on this. It is politics as usual and has been so since modern diplomacy, as we know it, began.

Eventhough I completely understand the frustration of the Russian government in this situation, it would be wise to remember their recent opposition to American intrests in Iraq and the middle east. Especially given the fact the some sources suggest that Iraq was being supplied with Russian military equiptment during the build up to the Iraq war.

This is, I am afraid and saddened to say, a case of diplomatic Karma.

El Teniente, check the timeline for the answer to the question :
- who is threatening who ?