Posted on 08/10/2008 5:42:13 AM PDT by jhpigott
BREAKING NEWS: Georgian troops are preparing to defend the town of Gori against the advancing Russian army.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
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I hope they have some portable SAM’s because the Russian Air Force will be back.
According to my maps, Gori is in the middle of the country.
“In South Ossetia itself, Georgian troops have retreated from the capital, Tskhinvali, because of heavy Russian shelling.
Russian troops are now in control of the city.”
I’m afraid the Georgians are going to be advised to give it up. Unfortunately, that will most likely result in Russia whittling away parts of Georgia until it is completely absorbed by Russia.
Send in agents provocateur to stir up unrest and revolt. When the Georgians rightfully try to restore order in their own country claim you are protecting your relatives from “ethnic cleansing” and attack. With this weak justification out of the way and counting on the cowardice of the West, simply conquer the entire country.
Putin is evil. A little smarter than Hitler. But a murdering tyrant nonetheless. Russia needs a slave empire since it can’t even feed itself. Welcome to Iron Curtain Phase II.
Bush looked into Putin’s soul, eh?
You are one busy news hound...I see your hard work over at TOL....too
Don't know if this is propaganda or fact. It's from Reuters
thanks - just doing my best to keep those interested informed. Particularly where US MSM is doing such a poor job covering such an important story.
FWIW - It appears the BBC have managed to get a team with a mobile Satellite Newsgathering kit on the ground in Gori, and they’re broadcasting live now.
On the ground it seems very calm, military vehicles heading north towards the fighting. Lots of residents heading south on foot.
Words cannot express how much your work is appreciated....especially at this moment....
“Russia will back off within 3 days.”
Hmmm...perhaps not.
You are the kind of Freeper that makes this Site so valuable at times like this.....well done.
They absolutely plan to invade Georgia proper. Once Russian tanks and rifles are pointed at everyones’ heads, there will be peace. Peacekeepers.
I read that there has been no interruption in the pipeline since that attack.
Thank you for that info.
Does anyone else find it weird that the MSM is almost silent on Russia invading another country???
This is huge news and I am seeing the Olympics Olympics Olympics. Yes, I know the Olympics are a big deal, but a Russian war is pretty darn big too!
Incredible insights mick!!!
I hope you are right.
This war demonstrates AGAIN that we should become less dependent on foreign sources of oil by exploring ALL domestic sources. Drill in the ANWR, open up all offshore areas, build nuclear power plants, use wind power and more natural gas per Boone Pickens. www.pickensplan.com
Instead, the DemoSociaists want to keep the US dependent on foreign oil, and Congress has passed the “Corn Laws”, mandating use of corn for ethanol, which has driven up the cost of food. Our idiotic Congressmorons have their collective heads up their collective butts.
This is the highest form of stupidity. The Georgians and Reuters are doing the Russian's battle damage assessment for them. The right move would be to shut off the pipeline temporarily and pretend to work frantically on "repairing" it.
One of the things the pubic is completely in the dark on is that judging the effectiveness of a military attack is very difficult.
If they had just chosen the hardest to damage part of the pipeline the Russians had attacked, sent in a fake repair crew, and then turned it back on a day later, the Russians would be duped into repeating the ineffective attack.
That’s a big if. I don’t think we, the Turks or the Poles are worried about Russia, but Russia’s friends.
I’ve never been a big apocolypse person, but what is that theory on Magog and such? Does anyone here know?
If we wait until we need it, and I don’t mean expensive, but need it, to get drills going, we will be shut down as a nation.
There have been leaders to destroy their country with foolish decisions before. I hope Pelosi is ready to have her name in the history books as the idiot who helped bring down the Mighty America. Bush needs to get out of the Olympics and back here calling Congress in session now.
This has become a national security situation with Russia controlling the pipeline. And we have no way to sustain ourselves for any length of time.
I don’t know, maybe I shouldn’t be worried. Maybe I should just go back to sleep as it seems the world wants me to do. And you, and you and you.
Good points. I would suspect that the east european ex-soviet slave states won’t let Russia do this without opposition. They can see the handwriting on the wall much better than I can.
-- Senator John McCain
yep !
Pray for peace!
I think you're right. Looking at the map, it looks as if South Ossetia is to Georgia as the Sudetenland was to Czechoslovakia. I.e. Georgia is indefensible without S. Ossetia.
They won’t last long...
“I’m afraid the Georgians are going to be advised to give it up.”
The latest reports are that Georgian troops have been ordered to cease fire. Looks like South Ossettia is firmly in Russian hands.
You, stop drinking the Cold Warrior kool-aid. The second half of your sentence is a fantasy.
The PKK (Marxist Kurds) blew up part of the BTC pipeline in Turkey a few days ago. No word on when the Turks will be able to get in and repair it.
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