Georgia wants U.N. peacekeepers to halt conflict

Reuters (excerpt) ^ | August 11, 2008

[HAL9000]

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LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Georgia is calling for a United Nations' peacekeeping force to intervene to halt its conflict with Russia, a Georgian diplomat said.

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"We need troops (on the) ground," he told Reuters in an interview late on Monday.

"Let it be a U.N.-mandated international force, ideally EU," he said.

Russia, as a permanent member of the Security Council, would have the ability to veto any such move.

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[Flavius]

hmm first bad move was bombing Russian barracks

this would be the second bad move

[chaos_5]

Kicking a hornets nest and hoping the UN will bail you out is just about as bad of a move as you can make.

[musicman]

I posted this on the thread that Flavius posted, but it's pretty close to my feelings on the U.N.

"Georgia wants U.N. peacekeepers to halt conflict"

[Owen]

For all the folks saying Georgia started it, ask yourself some logistical questions about how you get 1000 tanks across a border and feed and supply 10,000 troops across a border tens of miles . . . if you didn’t prepare it thoroughly ahead of time — and not just sitting in warehouses. You don’t sit 1,000 tanks idle anywhere they are not needed defensively.

The Soviets . . . errr, Russians planned this and probably manufactured the provocation.