Posted on 08/14/2008 12:22:24 PM PDT by eastforker
Actually I saw it as a blurb on CNN.
Now on Drudge
“I’m going to guess this is somehow in retaliation for the Poland Missile shield agreement. Of course, the Georgians have no part in that.”
Democracy held hostage.
come over here.
Where did the tanks sprout up from is a question.
And Defense Secretary Gates. What’s your plan to counter this?
From zudrig(spl)
on fox banner now
Hit Tbilisi while our planes are there ? What is going on, what is Putin up to. DO they mean to destroy Georgia with impunity? What will the USA do?
If this is what is allowed to happen to a sovereign nation - Taiwan should get on highest alert, fast for the days following the potemkin games.
On Cavuto now, “100 Russians tanks headed for Georgia’s second largest city...” with a reporter who appears to be running for his life.
When they massed all the tanks, I knew something was happening. Georgia should have been shopping the flea markets in Iraq and Turkey for weapons.
The state of American News is certainly depressing.
Idiocracy here we come.
If we WON’T stop Russia, Taiwan is doomed.
Russian version of a “Hudna”.
The western Russian front moving inward from Senaki.
The problem is, every time Russia has moved an armored column for the past two days, the news services pick it up as “HUNDREDS OF TANKS ON THE MARCH TOWARD TBLISI!!!!” Generally, they move the column a few miles one way or the other and then park.
I’m not defending what the Russians did. I’d like nothing better than to see Georgia be able to throw them out. I’m just having a very hard time believing that Putin and his sockpuppet Medvedev would be stupid enough to march on the rest of Georgia when they’ve already achieved a complete victory for their Motherland.
Think about it. They have South Ossetia and Abkhazia firmly under Russian control; they have Georgia prostrate at the point of a bayonet in front of them; they’ve severely damaged the Georgian military; they’ve weakened Saakashvili politically, perhaps fatally; they’ve shown their former client states that Russia is back and won’t be trifled with; and they’ve demonstrated the utter impotence of the West to stop them. Why escalate? They’ve won already!
Putin is an evil bastard, but one thing he’s always demonstrated is an ice-cold clarity of thought. If there was ever a time for him to cash out of the game and call off the dogs, this would be it.
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ZUGDIDI, Georgia (Reuters) - More than 100 Russian vehicles were massed two km (1.5 miles) from the centre of Zugdidi, a major town in western Georgia, a Reuters witness said.
“I counted 104 Russian army vehicles, including 40 armored vehicles, most of which are tanks,” Reuters staff photographer Umit Bektas said by telephone from the city.
Bektas said their purpose was unclear.
He said the convoy included weapons such as rocket propelled grenades and was carrying Russian flags.
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