FYI
Thanks for the ping!
No doubt Bush has given Putin the green light for this - in return for ???
This sounds like it should be a big deal, but I really know practically nothing about the political situation in Georgia. What I do know is that the US stock market seems to be completely ignoring this, as it soars on news of lower oil prices and a higher dollar. Since Russia and Georgia are not eurocurrency countries, I don’t think the phenomenon can be explained by currency moves. The traders of the world seem to think this is a tempest in a teapot. Are they wrong?
Looks like a war to me...!
A great power knows that not every fight is in its best interests, and this is one of them.
This may be a limited engagement. Not to put you on the spot, but whats your feel at the moment?
On another note as far as Soviet expansionism goes, I almost wish the Soviets would drive through the smaller republics & roll right up to Iran if not partially in it. They could also make well use of the Caspian Sea to close off Iran. Not that they will of course.
This is not good, and probably only the beginning of a domino effect.
Leni
Why should we get involved here. Not my war, not my continent. Let them fight it out without us.
Good luck Georgia. I’ll be honest, I haven’t followed the Georgian region close at all, so other than thinking Russia shouldn’t get involved, that’s about my only thoughts on this.
Has CODE PINK lined up to act as human shields yet??
Georgia television
Rustavi 2 general broadcast [breaks for news]
mms://208.75.229.18/live1
GPB TV general broadcast [buffering, but won’t load]
mms://gpb.viastreaming.net/gpb?.wma
These seem to be off the air:
Imedi-TV
Broadcasting Corporation
Address: 5, Lubliana str., Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel: (+995 32) 46 30 41
Fax: (+995 32) 46 30 41
E-mail: contact@imedi.ge
Web: http://www.imedinews.ge
Working days and hours: 7/24
Website [English]: http://www.imedinews.ge/en
[Headline: TV Company Imedi temporarily stops broadcasting]
Streaming: mms://208.75.229.10/imedi100 [not working]
Internews Georgia
The Representative Office Internews Network in Georgia / Media resources
Address: 14/22, Iashvili str., Tbilisi 0105, Georgia
Tel: (+995 32) 92 33 95/96/97/98; 92 04 19
Fax: (+995 32) 92 04 25
E-mail: office@internews.ge
Web: http://www.internews.ge
Working days and hours: Monday-Friday / 10:00AM - 07:00PM
Georgia’s State TV and Radio Broadcasting Corp.
Broadcasting Corporation
Address: 68, Merab Kostava str., Tbilisi 380071, Georgia
Tel: (+995 32) 36 83 74; 22 68 71
E-mail: office@geotvr.ge
Web: http://www.geotvr.ge
Anyone know if Georgia has been supplied covertly by us? Do they have any anti-tank or anti-armor shoulder fired weapons from us?
Russian tanks have entered Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, says Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.
Georgia has been fighting separatists with ties to Russia in order to regain control of the province, which has had de facto independence since the 1990s.
Russian troops in the South Ossetian capital said their artillery had begun firing at Georgian forces, Russian news agencies reported.
Russia's president earlier promised to defend his citizens in South Ossetia.
Not good.
We (the US and NATO) and in deep do do. If we don’t join in, none of the eastern European allies will help us ever again. And we will probably get pulled in anyway (Russia might just get on a role and keep pushing).
If we do, then all my nightmares from my childhood come back. We will have WWIII.
God help us.
Russian Military Doctrine:
Only attack nations weaker and more civilized than Afghanistan.
Why aid Georgia? Are they for the soverignty of South Ossetia ?