[Bahbah]

Uh oh, folks. Listening to Condi on MTP with a very belligerent David Gregory.

It sounds like we are going to let S. Ossetia and Abkahzia go to the Russians. I hope I misheard this.

[maica]

Listening to Condi on MTP

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Simultaneously listening to Condi on FNS. How does she do it!!! LOL!

[Sal]

It sounds like we are going to let S. Ossetia and Abkahzia go to the Russians. I hope I misheard this.

I haven't heard it yet, so take what I say with a box of salt but:

1) The immediate cease fire agreement includes allowing the invaders to police and "peace keep" both enclaves plus 10 clicks beyond.

2) The purpose of the immediate cease fire is to stop the Russians burning towns, destroying infrastructure, raping and murdering the Georgian populace... It isn't working, but it has stopped them short of Tbilisi (so far) which is critical.

3) Supposedly the Russians will have to pull out when "international peace keepers" can be organized and brought in.

4) If Rice did say Russians can keep the enclaves later than that it's in direct contradiction to what President Bush said.

[Sal]

Bahbah, I should add to my earlier post that I have now seen FNS and on there Condi did say that there would be a peacekeeping force of (gag) Russians left in the region(s). I can't remember if it was just Ossetia or abkhazhzhia too.

She said that was based on earlier agreements that were signed in the early '90s and that only the forces agreed to then would be permitted and would only be permitted within the enclave(s). No more 6 miles out.

I guess our side should keep commitments, but if it were I, I'd say their renigging on current signed agreements day after day negates our need to honor ours to them. That's just one of the many reasons I'm not in charge...