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Russia Briefly Seizes Georgian Port (U.S.-owned vehicles stolen by Russian thugs)
The Wall Street Journal (excerpt) (subscription required) ^
| August 19, 2008
| GUY CHAZAN
Posted on 08/19/2008 2:13:34 PM PDT by HAL9000
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:13:35 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:16:11 PM PDT
by
pipecorp
( Al Lahsucks (boat steersman ) hell)
To: HAL9000
"I suppose the U.S. won't be impressed by losing their equipment," said Mr. Middleton. Probably not. We don't seem to care. A few people, a bit of equipment, a country here and there, heck, it's all the same.
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:22:13 PM PDT
by
livius
To: HAL9000
Uh-oh. Here we go with another strongly worded protest.
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:24:01 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
("And how can this be? For I am the Kwisatz Haderach! " - Barack Obama)
To: HAL9000
It is a fair taking. They own the ground. If we want to do anything about it, we need to own the ground.
If we want to be involved.
And that would seem to be what the West needs to decide. Will we find the "intestinal fortitude" to stand up to the Slavs? Or squish them as they blow their little bit of capital?
On those questions, ride history.
/johnny
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:26:00 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: RusIvan; Lasha; dixiechick2000; eastforker; dirtboy; SolidWood; redstateconfidential
Life must be hard in the USSR, I mean Russia. They're stealing everything they can find and then some. Probably Georgians will find the bathroom tissue gone in their homes when they return.
I thought the church had revived in Russia but perhaps not. These thugs are showing the world the lovely new Russian character. How proud Russia must be of her new face to the world.
Chances of a great country, which gave the world Dostoevsky and Rimsky-Korsakov, is very slim I think.
It seems the gene pool has been depleted or altered so terribly by the gulags that only thugs and thieves are left.
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:27:37 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(The people of Georgia have cast their lot with the free world, and we will not cast them aside)
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:29:10 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(The people of Georgia have cast their lot with the free world, and we will not cast them aside)
To: Alia
Georgians blindfolded visiting with Russian thugs
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:32:23 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(The people of Georgia have cast their lot with the free world, and we will not cast them aside)
To: HAL9000
The question at this point is not what President Bush will do but what NATO or SHAPE will do. The US has spent untold amounts in both organizations as a “partner” in mutual defense. The US has been the principle force behind the NATO alliance, employing our considerable security umbrella over western Europe. Though it is obvious that Russia’s actions are meant to embarrass the US, the real embarrassment is the revelation that without the US, western Europe is a paper tiger.
If countries like Germany, Spain, Belgium, Italy, etc, will not step up to the plate for their own defense than maybe we need to relocate our forces to more friendly countries like Georgia, Poland and the likes.
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:32:45 PM PDT
by
caisson71
(Times change, values don't.)
To: livius
Yes we and other countries (NATO) have already pledged to rebuild the country and military in Georgia. At this point, Russia is stealing from the world, not Georgia anymore.
A point they may have difficulty understanding, I suppose.
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:39:51 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(The people of Georgia have cast their lot with the free world, and we will not cast them aside)
To: Recovering Ex-hippie
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:43:55 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(The people of Georgia have cast their lot with the free world, and we will not cast them aside)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:48:21 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(The people of Georgia have cast their lot with the free world, and we will not cast them aside)
To: HAL9000
To: HAL9000
Well, can you blame those Ruskies for wanting to drive a Humvee after having to drive their POS vehicles all the way to Georgia?
To: MarMema
thanks! I needed that today.
This is no longer and never was about Georgia and Russia...it is about Good and Evil !
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:50:15 PM PDT
by
Recovering Ex-hippie
(GOD BLESS GEORGIA! SAVE GEORGIA, OUR ALLY, NOW!)
To: kickonly88
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:51:46 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(The people of Georgia have cast their lot with the free world, and we will not cast them aside)
To: MarMema
The literature and music is a thin veneer over a brutish, drunken underbelly that the Czars, Stalin and now Putin have manipulated for centureis. Much of the Russian schadenfreude at Georgia’s victimization is the Russian’s envy of a culture that has blossomed under democracy and freedom AND economic progress.
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:53:37 PM PDT
by
Recovering Ex-hippie
(GOD BLESS GEORGIA! SAVE GEORGIA, OUR ALLY, NOW!)
To: Recovering Ex-hippie
No, Evil only exists in Dufar /s
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:55:27 PM PDT
by
RS_Rider
To: Recovering Ex-hippie
That and the fact that without Georgia and Ukraine, the Russian menu is a tad boring. :-)
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:58:13 PM PDT
by
MarMema
(The people of Georgia have cast their lot with the free world, and we will not cast them aside)
To: HAL9000
Does this equipment have any sensitive technology? What about the weapons / targeting system of the armored one or are these just basic transport type vehicles?
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posted on
08/19/2008 3:01:54 PM PDT
by
philled
("I prefer messy democracy to the stability of tyrants." -- Howar Ziad, Iraqi Ambassador to Canada)
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