"The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank."
Posted on 08/20/2008 12:51:41 PM PDT by flyfree
Consider this an early warning that the conventions might not be the big news story of the next two weeks.
A ranking Russian military official today said Moscow plans to establish 18 long-term checkpoints inside Georgian territory, including at least eight within undisputed Georgian territory outside the pro-Russian enclave of South Ossetia…
“The president ordered us to stop where we were,” he said. “We are not pulling out and pulling back troops behind this administrative border into the territory of South Ossetia.”
The plans appear to violate the terms of a French-endorsed cease-fire deal signed late last week by the presidents of Georgia and Russia. It called for both countries’ troops and allied armed groups to move back to their positions before hostilities between the two countries’ troops led to a Russian military incursion early this month into the staunchly pro-U.S. Caucasus Mountain nation.
Russian officials insist they may keep troops along the South Ossetian-Georgian border as well as within Georgia proper as part of a peacekeeping mission begun in the 1990s.
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Oh, no!
What would Obama do?
Sick the U.N. on them?
Nah, can’t do that ... they aren’t interested in “diplomacy”
Hmmmmmmmmmmm
What about NATO?
Nah, they do nothing - aw that’s it NATO!!!!
Ping.
I'm sure Obama would try to sic the UN on them, primarily because:
a) Running to the UN is his first instinct; and
b) Nobody told him that Russia has a veto on the Security Council.
The ‘French negotiations’ should have been the first clue.
Russia is saying ‘bite me!’ And the world is toothless!
I wonder what W will do. I don’t think we can wait until next January to find out what Obama or McCain will do.
Russian foreign policy can be summed up in two words, “Make me.”
“I don’t think we can wait until next January to find out what Obama or McCain will do.”
You’re damn right! We might be in Missile Crisis II way before January.
Duplicate thread.
Yeah, these guys are reak d*cks these days. Maybe we should set up 18 identical road blocks 50m down the road from each of theirs, with an Aircraft Carrier neatly offshore to ensure the roadblocks are adhered to.
Well ya know, diplomacy is for the weak. Or so I’ve heard.
Time to recall our ambassador and send theirs home until further notice. Put all our forces in Europe on high alert, cancel all leaves and increase our miilitary levels whereever possible in the East European democracies. Russia’s conduct must be challenged or we’ll see more bullying. Tell western europe that further appeasement on their part could result in a change in U.S. NATO relations and that they should be prepared to handle any crisis themselves that results from their inaction. As far as I’m concerned Western Europe has decided that a percentage of their oil needs coming from Russia is more important than their security. They should be prepared to live with the results of their non action and appeasement.
The U.S., on the other hand, should make it clear that our focus will be on Eastern Europe in the future if this is the direction they wish to go. Western Europe needs to be shocked into reality that we’re tired of being the bad guy with little or no support from them.
Fed Up with Europe
"The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank."
All they have to do is look at how we're stuck kissing Saudi ass even as they fund things like 9/11.
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