Posted on 08/27/2008 10:05:33 PM PDT by F-117A
Privately, some Georgians are already wondering how long Saakashvili will last.
"I don't think he'll stay," said Dato, a 21-year-old artist in Tbilisi. "I think the aggression was on our side."
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
I hope he doesn't meet Zhvania anytime soon!
Sounds like rabid nazi Russia has really unified the Georgian people behind their president more than ever.
Khidasheli said the government could expect a "period of silence" from the opposition...
If Russia doesn't like Saakashvili, maybe they should support Tina Khidasheli, former head of Soros' Open Society Institute in Georgia.
Privately because Fear Hampers Free Speech in Former Soviet Nations!
The way fear is growing in Georgia, they may well take over the first spot before the year is out!
**”I don’t think he’ll stay,” said Dato, a 21-year-old artist in Tbilisi. “I think the aggression was on our side.”
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Leave it to an “artist” to conclude that it was Georgia’s fault. I also find fault that this is a piece by Reuters, who’s news organization is run by Arabs and lefty reporters.
You’re right, suspect on both points.
Any news articles by the “Axis of Evil”: Reuters, AP, Guardian UK, NYT, LAT and WAPO are all suspect.
Before the Georgian conflict, I considered myself a RonPaul conservative, and would probably try to put myself in her shoes - Not anymore. While i have argued the unpopular theory that muslim extremeists are but flies, the Bear waits.... Or did wait...
No. No, Saakashvili does not deserve the blame.
In America, we are told that when Law Enforcement "pulls you over", to simply put your hands up and do what one is told. At the local level, YES, there is tacit agreement by each citizen as to the structure and rules which go along with being a citizen of America. So, yes; go through it.
However, the assumption in re Russia/Georgia is that Russia IS the authority and law; which in fact is NOT AGREED TO: Georgia is its own sovereign nation.
Ergo, when Russia began so obviously moving in on Georgia, firing upon Georgians not only in Georgia proper but also in So. Ossetia -- GEORGIA was OBLIGED to fire back.
It's irrelevant if leadership in So. Ossetia claims adherence to the laws enacted in Xanadu -- the fact on the ground IS that So. Ossetia is in The Sovereign Nation of Georgia.
The bottomline: The word "provoked" is wrong; and wrongly applied here.
Russia invaded Georgia. Georgia fired back to defend itself and its country.
This 21 year old moron doesn't even realize that in the event of a takeover by the Soviets (er...Russians), that his stupid, ignorant, narcissistic ass is one of the first classes of people that disappear in the middle of the night. Just unbelievable.
Click on this link below to see a comprehensive, well written analysis and timeline of this crisis complete with historical perspective to place it in context. It is by far and beyond the BEST I have seen.
“It is by far and beyond the BEST I have seen.”
Agreed. Important read for anybody interested in this matter.
Oh, wait, you don't understand. LOLOL
This sounds just like the liberal nitwit 21-year-olds in the US that blame our country for 9-11.
Nice company you keep.
There is no doubt that the Russians have played this situation but the Georgians have been stupid and brutal. Here is an eyewitness report from inside South Ossetia during the Georgian bombardment:
http://www.iwpr.net/?p=crs&s=f&o=346117&apc_state=henpcrs
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"the Georgians have been stupid and brutal. Here is an eyewitness -"
A Google search reveals that the purported eyewitness, Larisa Sotieva, is a humanitarian worker and self-described "Ossetian" who has previously issued reports neutral or pro-separatist (that is to say, sympathetic to the Kremlin) about Chechen matters.
Nothing more pathetic than those who lap up the propaganda of tyrants and ask for another serving.
All you are doing with your Putin suck-ups is eliminating a lot of pro-Serb sentiment on FR. Any more, I could care less what happens in your neighborhood.
Guess you'll have to add the weekly Standard to your list.
Georgia has produced strong leaders. Stalin, Beria, Gamsakhurdia. Even Shevardnadze, before he got addicted to power. They looked beyond Georgia. My husband does the same; he fits in the tradition. This country needs a strong hand. It is incredibly important that respect for authority returns. That laws are less frequently broken, that people simply pay their bills for once. There is hardly a sense of responsibility here. . . . I think my husband is the right person to frighten people. That is not to say it is immediately fascism or something. Should he develop extremist traits he will be alerted to that. All eyes are looking at us now.-- Sandra Roelof aka Mrs. Saakashvili
Sounds like the “Green Helmet Guy” from Lebanon...:)
I really appreciated that article, it provided a depth of historical context that the media couldn’t be bothered to give.
Part of it I understand, and it is a weakness of our republic: Many in our electorate have the attention span of a squirrel on expresso trying to run across a road.
The West is ideologically divided.
Georgia invasion 'planned since April'
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