Vladimir Putin has long deplored the breakup of the Soviet Union, describing it as the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe" of the 20th century.
Posted on 08/26/2008 11:00:02 AM PDT by RKV
Virtually everyone believes Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili foolishly provoked a Russian invasion on August 7, 2008, when he sent troops into the breakaway district of South Ossetia. “The warfare began Aug. 7 when Georgia launched a barrage targeting South Ossetia,” the Associated Press reported over the weekend in typical fashion.
Virtually everyone is wrong. Georgia didn't start it on August 7, nor on any other date. The South Ossetian militia started it on August 6 when its fighters fired on Georgian peacekeepers and Georgian villages with weapons banned by the agreement hammered out between the two sides in 1994. At the same time, the Russian military sent its invasion force bearing down on Georgia from the north side of the Caucasus Mountains on the Russian side of the border through the Roki tunnel and into Georgia. This happened before Saakashvili sent additional troops to South Ossetia and allegedly started the war.
(Excerpt) Read more at michaeltotten.com ...
Great article exposing the Russkies.
BTW, have you noticed that since the Russia-Georgia conflict began, Iran has been verrryyy quiet?
There are US missiles in the Black Sea, and Nutjob knows his toy rockets are no match...
Yeah, the mullahs could manage to get it from both sides.
Bump!
Virtually everyone believes Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili foolishly provoked a Russian invasion on August 7, 2008, when he sent troops into the breakaway district of South Ossetia... Georgia didn't start it on August 7, nor on any other date. The South Ossetian militia started it on August 6 when its fighters fired on Georgian peacekeepers and Georgian villages with weapons banned by the agreement hammered out between the two sides in 1994. At the same time, the Russian military sent its invasion force bearing down on Georgia from the north side of the Caucasus Mountains on the Russian side of the border through the Roki tunnel and into Georgia. This happened before Saakashvili sent additional troops to South Ossetia and allegedly started the war.
I read the article...seems very well explained in english to me. It was very informative, and I want to say again how much I appreciate your posting it here.
Yer welcome. Totten is a champ. Him and Yon are the go-to guys to keep up with world affairs.
Can’t say for sure, but theft is one logical option.
Not only the Russians.
Remember that Hitler and Stalin agreed to divide Poland, and Stalin would grab other countries.
Hitler had dead German prisoners dressed up in Polish uniforms, accused Poland of attack Germany, and therefore Hitler was “forced to respond by counter-attacking”.
Russians still acting like Hitler!
Bush should call for Chechen independence also.
This is wonderful, thanks for posting it!!
Good Article.
A lot of this information made its way in bits and pieces into western media but its nice to have it all compiled in one piece.
Yes...I am a big fan of Michael Yon...I don’t always agree 100% with his outlook on some things, but on the other hand, I won’t argue with him because HE IS THERE!
Vladimir Putin has long deplored the breakup of the Soviet Union, describing it as the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe" of the 20th century.
The Slavophiles seem to mostly post at night (US time zones). So they’re actually posting from Russia or Serbia OR they’re really vampires. The latter seems highly likely.
Great article, with some very pretty pictures!
Thank you for the ping and the post!
mark for later
Would the 'Slavophiles' include the pro Polish and Pro Ukraine posters?
“Right,” I said. “That goes on a lot where I usually work, in the Middle East.”
A fitting end to a very revealing article. Thanks for posting it.
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