Stung by Criticism Over Georgia, Putin Asks West for a Little Understanding

NY Times ^ | September 12, 2008 | ELLEN BARRY

[neverdem]

Poor Putin, what does he think, that people only read AP & the NY Times? Even the Washington Post reported how South Ossetia was evacuated with buses before the Georgians were forced to react to South Ossetian militias' murderous provocations.

[John Robie]

LOL

[MarMema]

Too little, too late. But interesting and enjoyable for a read. Thank you so much for posting.

And here's to the contining decline of the Russian economy. May it drop forevermore.

[SeeSharp]

Russia just introduced a resolution at the Security Council to ban arms sales to Georgia. It will fail of course.

We should immediately counter by introducing a resolution condemning colonialism.

[4rcane]

how about trying diplomacy first with georgia, then go to the UN, and if all else fale then take military action

[SBprone]

Putin is sincerely sorry that the Russian equities portion of his stock portfolio has tanked so badly. Invade a neighbor, trigger a capital flight. That is not a bad lesson for a KGB thug dictator to learn.

There are severe financial consequences for scaring the crap out of investors.

[max americana]

Gotta love the NYT for putting on their hammer and sickle uniform complete with pompoms when it comes to evil dictators.

[Ugot2Bkidding]

He comes out with now after the poles are changing for McCain because when McCain looks in your eyes he sees the KGB.

[steel_resolve]

listen barak, russia controls the UN and is uninterested in talk. Take off your rose colored glasses and get a clue.

[steel_resolve]

btw, if you were referencing russia, then apologies

[goldstategop]

The Russians might have received an understanding if they did not brazenly break their promises to honor the ceasefire and threaten their neighbors. If Russia wants to be part of the civilized world, then it must act in accordance with international norms. The days when one country bullied around others are gone.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[ccmay]

Sarah scared him tonight.

"Perhaps so."

[antceecee]

Poor Puti... what will he do if Obamie doesn’t win???

[DmBarch]

Wasn’t the Russian “Reaction Force” already moving south before anything had happened except for their surrogotes shelling “Georgian” villages in S.O.?

[buwaya]

You got it.

[Dosa26]

Wasn’t the Russian “Reaction Force” already moving south before anything had happened

I don't know about that but they certainly had the exact plan in place with the exact forces in place to accomplish the exact mission that they wanted before the Georgian pres tripped the wire.

[unspun]

Ah the old hippie song, “Whatever happened to peace, love and understanding....”

Vlad, you ol’ flower child, you.

[Fred]

WSJ..Russia's Stock Markets Tumble To Lowest Levels in Two Years Falling Oil Prices, Political Tensions Erode Confidence

[unspun]

Sarah scared him tonight. "Perhaps so."

No, silly. It was Barack H. Obama threatening to take Russa to the U.N. Security Council.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Russians KGB types (and American leftists) don't really understand the motivations of American religious conservatives. Religious conservatives seem unpredictable to them - not chess players.

I remember all the talk of Ronald Reagan and the Rapture. Supposedly Reagan shared some fundamentalist belief that if there were a nuclear war Christians would be protected by the rapture - though I can't find where he ever mentioned it in any of his speeches and it doesn't appear in the two books of his letters that I've read. After 25 years I still can't figure out whether it was our disinformation campaign or theirs.

It made some of the nuclear freeze types down right twitchy.

What am I saying, of course it must have been theirs. We never had any disinformation campaigns.