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To: InABunkerUnderSF; SolidWood
Here's a story in the UK Telegraph by Adrian Bloomfield (doesn't sound Russian or Georgian), that sort of references that .su propaganda. It's getting sort of difficult to think of these people as fellow humans:

Russia destroying military bases in Georgia

Georgia sent Alexander Lomaia, the secretary of the country's National Security Mission, to negotiate with the Russian troops holding Gori...

Mr Lomaia then met a Russian colonel, who, in an apparent drunken rage, railed incoherently at western correspondents.

Mr Lomaia tried to reason with him. "There's no need to shout at the correspondents," he said quietly. "Why don't we go and sit in the car...."

Meanwhile, South Ossetian irregulars continuing to loot and pillage in Gori and nearby Georgian villages, often with the encouragement of Russian troops.

"Take whatever you want," a Russian officer shouted at the Ossetian militiamen in one village.

Fears of Balkans-style reprisals by South Ossetian fighters have grown since they entered Georgian territory after the ceasefire was agreed.

Human Rights Watch accused Russia of inflaming the mood of the irregulars by exaggerating the number of civilian deaths in the secessionist province of South Ossetia since Georgia attempted to win back the region last Friday."

 

20 posted on 08/14/2008 10:58:39 AM PDT by browardchad
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To: browardchad

Russian has historically not been a great respecter of the rights of conquered people. And at this point that’s essentially what the Georgians in occupied territory are.

The Russians will either be made to suffer for this aggression or this attack will be just a prelude for greater atrocities to come.

Time to ramp up for Cold War II.


26 posted on 08/14/2008 11:10:04 AM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF ("Gun Control" is not about the guns. "Illegal Immigration" is not about the immigration)
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