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Georgia warns of blockade if Russian bases not closed
The Times ^ | May 13, 2005 | Jeremy Page

Posted on 05/12/2005 11:22:48 PM PDT by twinself

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1 posted on 05/12/2005 11:22:49 PM PDT by twinself
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To: twinself

Bush's fault!


2 posted on 05/12/2005 11:24:27 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: lizol; Lukasz; Grzegorz 246

(((PING)))


3 posted on 05/12/2005 11:27:50 PM PDT by twinself
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Goodbye East Osstia.


4 posted on 05/12/2005 11:28:14 PM PDT by beaver fever
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Our opponents are steadily and persistently trying to weaken Russian influence in the Commonwealth of Independent States and the international arena as a whole. The latest events in Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan unambiguously confirm this.

Federal Security Service chief - Nikolai Patrushev

Know your enemy.
5 posted on 05/13/2005 12:22:07 AM PDT by twinself
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To: twinself

Soon to be the former only country with both US and Russian bases active in it's borders.


6 posted on 05/13/2005 12:40:41 AM PDT by BookaT (Sorry I couldn't be here for the earlier part of the postings. I really don't feel comfortable...)
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To: twinself

Kremlin has have less and less friends among their neighbors. I’m curious why? /sarcasm


7 posted on 05/13/2005 4:22:52 AM PDT by Lukasz
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To: twinself; Red6; BrooklynGOP; Destro; A. Pole; MarMema; YoungCorps; OldCorps; chukcha; ...
I agree, Russia should withdraw and it should take the following steps:

1. cut off all oil, gas, benzine, electricity to Georgia until debts are fully paid
2. Make the 1 million Georgians living and working in Russia choose either Russian citizenship or return to Georgia, ASAP.
3. Blockade all monetary transfers to Georgia by Georgians in Russia (the main influx of capital to Georgia).
4. Blockade all trade with Georgia (which means their tomatoes will rot, since Russia is their only real market)
5. Respond militarly and properly to dead Islamic Jihadies with Georgian visas in southern Russia

Georgians want to spit and huff, let them, treat them like any other hostile nation and let their piss ant economy rot instead of subsidizing them while they spit in your eye on a daily basis. These guys are just like the Palies whom the Israelies subsidize and in whose eye they spit.

8 posted on 05/13/2005 7:12:41 AM PDT by jb6 (Truth == Christ)
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Hay, I wonder, why don't you show up on any of those nifty threads describing your boy Yushchenko's rampant socialism?

Bush and Georgia's faded 'rose' (Soros revolution not so democratic after all)

9 posted on 05/13/2005 7:41:03 AM PDT by jb6 (Truth == Christ)
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Wooohooooo! Those stupid Georgian don’t want to have foreign bases on THEIR soil, you as a “well known supporter of democracy” (yes, this is sarcasm) cannot respect their decision??? For what they should be punished? If Russia would be a democratic country then they would set the date to withdrew these troops long time ago. Your claims are totally ridiculous, this is amazing that guy who is claiming that he is a supporter of the Republican party would think like some Soviet imperialist.

Does Georgian “Palies” like you called them all cheering for Bush. You bashing all American allies even most faithful like Georgians, this is another proof that you are not American.

And I still support Yuschenko and I’m not foolish enough to believe in your manipulations (like for example false suggestions in headlines), misinterpretations, trolling and false accusations.
10 posted on 05/13/2005 8:21:39 AM PDT by Lukasz
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Sorry, I'm not bashing American allies, I'm bashing a new mini-king in Georgia and socialists in Ukraine. Twist any which way you wish, but those facts don't change.

And I still support Yuschenko and I’m not foolish enough to believe in your manipulations (like for example false suggestions in headlines), misinterpretations, trolling and false accusations.

That's funny, since the facts pan out in the articles. You're in it for the socialists of the EU, of course you support a fellow traveller like Yushchenko, you're soul mates. But hay, regardless, you and the EU are economic nightmares. Poland is now up to what? 20% unemployment? It's been going up in your year in the EU, wonder why.

11 posted on 05/13/2005 8:27:17 AM PDT by jb6 (Truth == Christ)
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Oh by the way, I'm surprised you didn't try to call me an anti-semite again.


12 posted on 05/13/2005 8:27:45 AM PDT by jb6 (Truth == Christ)
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What when you don’t have any arguments to discuss Georgia (yes, this thread is about situation in Georgia) then unemployment in Poland starting to interest you? Typical…

Oh by the way, I'm surprised you didn't try to call me an anti-semite again.

You are hating so many nations, then I would not be surprised if you are one of them.
13 posted on 05/13/2005 8:36:05 AM PDT by Lukasz
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To: Lukasz

Funny thing you can't understand: I don't hate any nation, the only thing I hate is idiologies: Soviet Bolshavism, Nazi (National Socialism), EU Trotyskitism, Islam. So keep trying.


14 posted on 05/13/2005 9:02:22 AM PDT by jb6 (Truth == Christ)
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To: BookaT

Kyrgestan also has US and Russian bases in it.

Red6


15 posted on 05/16/2005 2:20:50 AM PDT by Red6
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To: twinself
Um, how can it possibly take 4 years to move 3000 men? Who do they think they are kidding? You aren't wanted, leave. Yesterday.
16 posted on 05/16/2005 2:27:22 AM PDT by JasonC
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Go for it. The US will replace every lost rouble, three for one. And smile, be pleasant, flattering, easy to please... Think paleos in jackboots can compete in "nice"? Didn't think so.
17 posted on 05/16/2005 2:30:42 AM PDT by JasonC
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To: jb6

Hold your horses killer.

I don’t think anyone said, “kill the Russians.” They are people and have rights. No one sane and with influence is threatening Russians in Poland, Germany, Ukraine, Lithuania and most other places. The republic of Georgia like the Ukraine and Lithuania were under Russian control. They don’t see the Russians there as a friend, ally or strategic partner. The Russians are there because Georgia is a “flank country” where the Russians don’t want to loose their “sphere of influence”.

Let me make this as simple as possible for you. Chechnya is a Russian “MADE” disaster. Had the Russians not sabotaged the Chechens between the two wars Chechnya MIGHT have made it into a stable republic. There is no doubt if Russia wants they can hurt the Republic of Georgia, you can also dig yourself a deeper hole with another unstable nutso boarder country and watch trains explode and airplanes dive into the ground, schools get taken over, car bombs go off, and theaters in Moscow get taken hostage! Of course once Georgia is in complete chaos and some fundamentalist jihadist is running the show you can state “See, see we need to invade and fix this problem”.

Learn to deal with them. Sell them oil and get rich off them. Buy their Tomatoes (They’re probably good at that-we use hybrids and while big they are tasteless). In the meantime realize that Georgia has its own internal fight against radical groups. Bush is believed to have had a grenade thrown at him during his speech. US Special Forces are on the boarders shooting people with the Georgian governments approval. The Republic of Georgia is more stable, wealthy and is on its way to a true democracy unlike Chechnya on its boarder. Georgia is fairly capable of handeling its issues as they have functioning systems which we still need to build in Iraq and are non-existent in Chechnya.

Fact is, had Russia just left AS PER CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT, there probably would not be so much friction today. But offering nothing to Georgia, threatening them, and not honoring an agreement to leave creates a perception of an “occupier”, not a friend.

Red6


18 posted on 05/16/2005 7:34:43 AM PDT by Red6
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To: Red6; MarMema; RusIvan; Romanov; A. Pole; Destro; RussianBoor
Had the Russians not sabotaged the Chechens between the two wars Chechnya MIGHT have made it into a stable republic.

How exactly did the Russians sabotage the Chechins? They didn't allow them enough slaves? They only had 2 markets running, there was room for expansion. The Georgians did everything they could to stamp as many Islamic visas as they could. According to the deceased Chechin president Kodorov, also the Grand Mufti of Chechnya and a hero of the first war, the Arabs moved in and took everything over.

Finally, let us not forget who started this round of hostilities. Mashkedov tapped Baseyov as Prime Minister. After that, Baseyov led an invasion into the neighboring province of Daghistan. Moscow sat on its hands for a week, hoping things would cool on their own, while Daghistani villages were being slaughtered. Finally they moved in to backup the local militias (Guard) forces. The only people that sabotaged anything were the Chechins and their Arab backers.

19 posted on 05/16/2005 7:49:21 AM PDT by jb6 (Truth == Christ)
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But offering nothing to Georgia, threatening them, and not honoring an agreement to leave creates a perception of an “occupier”, not a friend.

How about 15 years of almost free gas/electricity/benzine/oil. Georgian debts to Russia are monsterous and Russian taxpayers are the ones sucking up as the government absorbs those debts or pays off private Russian companies to continue deliveries. I'd say that alone is a hell of a offering.

20 posted on 05/16/2005 7:51:01 AM PDT by jb6 (Truth == Christ)
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