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U.S. suggests Russia wants "regime change" in Georgia
Reuters ^ | 10 August 2008 | By Louis Charbonneau

Posted on 08/10/2008 1:28:02 PM PDT by Grzegorz 246

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States suggested on Sunday that Russia was interested in "regime change" in Georgia after Moscow rejected Tbilisi's offer of a cease-fire in the separatist region of South Ossetia.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had told U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the president of Georgia "must go," the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, told the Security Council.

Khalilzad then looked straight at Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin and asked if Moscow was looking for "regime change."

(Excerpt) Read more at uk.news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: caucasus; condi; condirice; geopolitics; georgia; khalilzad; regimechange; rice; russia; southossetia
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To: SkyPilot

Gentlemen!
As I can see here you are ready to start the Third World War defending Georgian democracy and justifaiyng their barbaric bombardment with heavy rocket-artillery fire, tanks and war planes civilian population in Osetian capital Tshinvaly?
Who gave them rights to do that. You?
Then you are responsible for thousand of dead RUSSIAN sitizens there.
Are you OK and do you really want it?


21 posted on 08/10/2008 4:47:37 PM PDT by su531 (Liberalism Is A Menthal Disoder.)
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To: Lijahsbubbe

I would expect this from Clinton.

Not Bush. These girls are his daughters age for pity sake.


22 posted on 08/10/2008 4:47:53 PM PDT by Eaker (I'm voting for McCain because he is white.)
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To: Eaker

I voted for Bush twice, and I am unhappy with many things he has/hasn’t done.

However, he has always acted respectfully and I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with posing with these girls.

I do think that it’s wrong to be appearing and posing in the midst of this frivolity while this serious escalation is taking place.


23 posted on 08/10/2008 4:56:11 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: F15Eagle

It was predicted in Kosovo.
Not long time ago.
Refresh your memory.


24 posted on 08/10/2008 4:56:25 PM PDT by su531 (Liberalism Is A Menthal Disoder.)
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To: su531
So that's what this is all about? Kosovo? What is it with Russians and geopolitical penis envy?
25 posted on 08/10/2008 4:58:01 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: su531
Who gave them rights to do that.

I'm guessing they have the right since it's their country?........

26 posted on 08/10/2008 4:58:21 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: Grzegorz 246

UN diddles....NATO fiddles.....


27 posted on 08/10/2008 5:14:55 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Fire mission!)
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To: Lijahsbubbe

“I’m guessing they have the right since it’s their country?........ “

Killing their own people??????
And for your kind information,sir - Their contry is Georgia. Not Osetia.
Osetia is a country were leaves Ossetians.


28 posted on 08/10/2008 5:16:17 PM PDT by su531 (Liberalism Is A Menthal Disoder.)
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To: Grzegorz 246

regime change in Iraq regime change in Georgia


29 posted on 08/10/2008 5:18:34 PM PDT by jern
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To: Grzegorz 246

If only we had the balls to make the regime change in the miserable excuse of a nation on our southern border...


30 posted on 08/10/2008 5:21:28 PM PDT by hunter112 (The 'straight talk express' gets the straight finger express from me.)
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To: Lijahsbubbe
I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with posing with these girls.

Gotcha beat. I voted for Bush for Texas Governor too.

However, he looks like a dirty old man posing with his hand a foot from one girl's bent over butt with another one's butt half hanging out.

Even if the problems in Georgia were not occurring I would find this disgusting. If it was any other older man you would also.

31 posted on 08/10/2008 5:25:00 PM PDT by Eaker (I'm voting for McCain because he is white.)
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To: hunter112

Better yet, regime change in Washington, D.C.!


32 posted on 08/10/2008 5:25:25 PM PDT by DTogo (I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
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To: su531
Gentlemen! As I can see here you are ready to start the Third World War defending Georgian democracy and justifaiyng their barbaric bombardment with heavy rocket-artillery fire, tanks and war planes civilian population in Osetian capital Tshinvaly? Who gave them rights to do that. You? Then you are responsible for thousand of dead RUSSIAN sitizens there. Are you OK and do you really want it?

Get lost Newbie.

33 posted on 08/10/2008 5:31:50 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I wasn't in church during the time when the statements were made.")
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To: All

I’m going to send email and snail mail letters of support to the Georgian embassy here in the US and also to any newspapers I can find in Georgia.

Death to Putin.
Death to Serbia.


35 posted on 08/10/2008 5:48:00 PM PDT by rbmillerjr ("bigger government means constricting freedom"....................RWR)
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To: Eaker; SkyPilot; 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
Yesterday the President visited the US women's volley ball team. Misty (I think that's her name) wanted the President to pat her bottom for good luck. It is my understanding that “patting the bottom” is a good luck tradition in beach volleyball. President Bush was a bit embarrassed so he patted her back instead.

Putin has already elevated the situation to hot by flying to Moscow or may be closer to the area of operation. I suppose Bush could fly to Georgia and stake out some territory but the SS would most likely put a kibosh on that. Of course leaving Beijing earlier than planned would escalate this dreadful situation to red hot. Hopefully the Pentagon and DOD have some nasty surprises in store for the Rabid Bear.

36 posted on 08/10/2008 5:50:18 PM PDT by Chgogal (Voting "Present" 130 times might be a sign of a smart politician. It is not a sign of a good leader.)
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To: 1rudeboy

“So that’s what this is all about? Kosovo? What is it with Russians and geopolitical penis envy? “

They are protecting ossetian civilian population and carrying peacekeeping mission in that area,Sir.
They have to stop Georgian aggression and genocide of osetian peuple,Sir.
And two questions,Sir.
Where NATO`s war planes. And why they are not bombing Tbilisi yet?
Sir.


37 posted on 08/10/2008 5:56:05 PM PDT by su531 (Liberalism Is A Menthal Disoder.)
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To: 1rudeboy

Sounds like you still can’t get over being wrong about what happened in the Balkans.


38 posted on 08/10/2008 5:56:42 PM PDT by Hamiltonian
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To: Hamiltonian
That of course, would require you proving that I was wrong about what happened in the Balkans. Since you don't know Mi>what I think about the Balkans, your argument is DOA. I rate your attempt at 2 on a scale of 10.
39 posted on 08/10/2008 5:59:23 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Chgogal

Fox had video of POOTY in northern Georgia visiting his

Wounded “Invaders”,,,FWIW,,,


40 posted on 08/10/2008 6:02:10 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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