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Georgia invasion 'planned since April' (Best Background I've read)
The National ^
| August 16. 2008
| Alan Philps
Posted on 08/16/2008 8:36:34 AM PDT by Colorado Doug
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To: Colorado Doug
thanks for this great thread...Unfortunately, many people on Freeper and in general...many of them die hard conservatives and anti communists have bought the initial Kremlin talking points.Just unbelievable.
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posted on
08/16/2008 8:40:30 AM PDT
by
Recovering Ex-hippie
(GOD BLESS GEORGIA! SAVE GEORGIA, OUR ALLY, NOW!)
To: Colorado Doug
Given the amount of military power employed, the geographic setting, and the need to prepare a good cover story three to four months sounds spot on. Ample time to plan and deploy.
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posted on
08/16/2008 8:40:35 AM PDT
by
xkaydet65
(Freedom is purchased not with gold, but with steel.)
To: Recovering Ex-hippie; Cold Heat
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posted on
08/16/2008 8:41:12 AM PDT
by
Recovering Ex-hippie
(GOD BLESS GEORGIA! SAVE GEORGIA, OUR ALLY, NOW!)
To: Recovering Ex-hippie; Colorado Doug
Inquiring minds want to know:
Where the hell was the CIA?
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posted on
08/16/2008 8:43:24 AM PDT
by
nathanbedford
("Attack, repeat attack!" Bull Halsey)
To: Colorado Doug
I agree. This is good analysis.
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posted on
08/16/2008 8:44:12 AM PDT
by
SumProVita
("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
To: Colorado Doug
Sounds like what I've read.
In the end, the Georgian president, Mikheil Saakashvili, responded to a series of shooting incidents and roadside bombs with a full-scale assault to recapture the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali.
Not a smart move. Why not wait till the Russians had gone home from their War Games. Also why didn't they bomb the tunnel from Russia to South Ossetia.
One thing I don't see here is the timeline of the US forces training with the Georgians. From what I've been able to find out we had just left Georgia.
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posted on
08/16/2008 8:44:24 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Kick Russia out of the G8, Kick them Now!)
To: nathanbedford
Where the hell was the CIA?
Busily occupied in still trying to paper over their 9/11 failures, no doubt.
To: McGruff
From what I've been able to find out we had just left Georgia.
Yep, at least from the base that got bombed. I had heard there were still some support personnel at another base, but I'm not positive about that.
To: Recovering Ex-hippie
On day two I read a story that Georgia attacked South Ossetia because of rocket attacks into Georgia. What happened to that story. Now its all Georgia’s fault according to everything I’ve read since.
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posted on
08/16/2008 8:47:42 AM PDT
by
rocksblues
(Folks we are in trouble, "Mark Levin" 03/26/08)
To: nathanbedford
Pray for the US if this is our ntelligence both CIA and military...Saakashvilli BEGGED the US and west to look at the realities of the Russians preparing for massive invasion.
Makes me wonder about the fifth column in our intelligence?
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posted on
08/16/2008 8:48:46 AM PDT
by
Recovering Ex-hippie
(GOD BLESS GEORGIA! SAVE GEORGIA, OUR ALLY, NOW!)
To: nathanbedford
>Where the hell was the CIA?<
Gathering as much Intel as 44 satelites would allow.
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posted on
08/16/2008 8:53:32 AM PDT
by
B4Ranch
("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you"--John Steinbeck)
To: Colorado Doug; jveritas; FARS; Ernest_at_the_Beach; knighthawk; Marine_Uncle; SandRat; ...
Georgian invasion planned for four months ping.
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08/16/2008 8:53:40 AM PDT
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posted on
08/16/2008 9:04:22 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
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To: Colorado Doug
And it caught our intelligence agencies by surprise?
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posted on
08/16/2008 9:06:06 AM PDT
by
airborne
(American by birth! Christian by choice!)
To: Colorado Doug
Thank you very much for posting this. I’ve been looking for something like this for days!
Could someone send a link to this article over the the DU? They’re stuck in la-la land listening to a German politician who believes it’s all Georgia’s fault.
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posted on
08/16/2008 9:10:17 AM PDT
by
rjp2005
(Lord have mercy on us)
To: Colorado Doug
Anybody with a brain knew that the Russians were lying about the reasons for this brutal series of war crimes they’ve committed. Anyone could see that there was a great deal of planning and staging required to pull this off in a day the way they did. I was and continue to be flabbergasted at how many Freepres showed up here as apologists for the Russians.
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posted on
08/16/2008 9:17:12 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
(Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
To: nathanbedford
The CIA has become so politicized...read that as extremely liberal...that’s it is now useless. They can’t be trusted.
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posted on
08/16/2008 9:18:17 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
(Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
To: rjp2005
Somebody should tell
this troll since he's busy pimping for Putin.
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posted on
08/16/2008 9:28:46 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
("Do you like my body?" she said. "I like people to have bodies." I said while shoveling.)
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