Posted on 08/21/2008 12:21:54 PM PDT by edpc
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Washington demanded on Friday that Russia pull its troops out of Georgia "now," but Moscow said it would be another 10 days before the bulk of its force left Georgian soil.
In a sign of growing tension between Moscow and the West over the conflict in Georgia, a Russian news agency reported that Russia had temporarily frozen cooperation with the NATO alliance, though there was no immediate confirmation.
In some of Washington's toughest comments to date, the White House declared Russia in violation of its commitments to leave the territory of Georgia after routing Georgian forces in a war that erupted two weeks ago.
White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said he could not imagine a circumstance in which the United States would engage in military-to-military cooperation with Moscow until the Georgia situation was resolved.
U.S. impatience has been growing by the day as it waits for a full-scale pullout of troops and weaponry that Russia sent into its small Caucasus neighbor two weeks ago to counter a Georgian attack on the Moscow-backed South Ossetia region.
A Reuters reporter saw a column of T-72 main battle tanks lumbering across the border from Russia into Georgia -- the first sign of heavy armor being withdrawn from Georgian soil -- but elsewhere Russian forces remained in place.
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From you lips to GWBs ears.
A triple-bear-dare-you?
“We should stop talking if we are not prepared to do anything to motivate the Russians to withdraw.”
Exactly! The governments and diplomats can say all they want, but the Russians won’t listen.
Uh... Javelins, Warthogs, don’t we have any stinger missiles left? I’m a quarter Russian, and frankly I’m ashamed of it.
If there was action it may well be highly classified and you wouldn’t see it. Pay attention to the open source stuff like the treaty with Poland. Pay attention to what Ukraine is doing. More here than meets the eye.
Washington demanded on Friday? Friday? Does that mean the
Russians must leave yesterday which is today?
Is that like Obama's community organizers?
This does seem to be a strategic disaster for Russia. They’ve driven eastern Europe into the arms of the U.S. and muted anti-U.S. sentiment in western Europe.
If nobama demands it they’ll right now /sarc>
If GW has any balls then this thing ends one of two ways:
1. Russia out of Georgia with their weak ass military intact
2. Russia out of Georgia without their weak ass military intact.
Let the liberals and handwringing, dramaqueen FReepers worry about the BS.
>>The Russian President and his Generals are liars. Period.>>
What’s new? Did any freeper actually buy into the lie about Russia becoming more western?
>>If GW has any balls then this thing ends one of two ways>>
May I suggest two other outcomes:
1. Nuclear was, they fire first
2. Nuclear war, they nuke our ally first and then we nuke Russia.
Neither the loss of Georgia nor any other former Soviet satellite constitutes that for Russia or the US.
Therefore it is not a reasonable scenario to consider at this point.
Ukraine, maybe. Poland, definetely.
But Georgia? No way.
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“I said get out of my room!!!! You never let me do anything I want to do!”
When the Soviet Union fell (17 years ago), and everyone was trying to sing we are the World, my Pastor said Russia is a shark, they never lose their teeth.
The same thing with Iran and N. Korea. If we are not willing to back up tough words with actions then we should just stay quiet.
Does that mean the
Russians must leave yesterday which is today?
No, that means Saturday which is yesterday on Sunday.
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