Posted on 08/08/2008 10:43:34 AM PDT by Jeff Head
Here are numerous pictures from various online Russian and Georgian news outlest of the conflict in Georgia where Russia has now intevened on the ground and in the air and invaded Georgia over the Ossetian Seperatists.
Russian tanks and vehicles moving toward and into Georgia
Russian aircraft attackintg Georgia positions
Georgian troops movingn toward the fighting
Burniing Georgian Armor
Georgian forces engaging seperatists
It’s “Case White,” Germany v. Poland, Sept 1, 1939 all over again.
It's so far away, and hard to understand, and they talk funny... sorta like those Jews in the 40's. Look! It's Britney! :(
Somewhere I saw that there were something like 1,000 US Marines and maybe soldiers as well in Georgia on some sort of joint training exercise with the Georgians.
Anyone know if they are still there. That is a “flashpoint” I would not like to see.
Maybe not the USSR, but a greater Russian empire to be sure. How can anyone trust Putnin a former KGB guy?
First one is a SU-24 Fencer.
What you have identified as the MiG-27 is actually the MiG-23
When the Russian reaches the middle of the Caucasus and controls the Eastern Caspian shore, linking up with Iran, WE SURE AS HECK have a dog in this fight. We were wrong and should have stayed out of the Balkans, which was an Euro-Russian issue. But we can’t betray our Georgian ally who has troops in Iraq.
Screw Georgia! Putin and Russia know how to deal with radicals!
That fact alone makes this worth watching, and helping if asked.
I believe you ID’d it better than I, the SU-24.
You are correct. Serbia/Kosovo is exactly the same. Clinton was wrong to intervene for Kosovo then, Bush was wrong to recognize Kosovo and we would be wrong again not to come to Georgia’s aid. A big difference between Serbia and Georgia is that Georgia is a staunch ally of ours. That should count for something.
Idiot!
Interesting that Russia chose 8-8-08 to start this... and while Bush is in China...I wonder if US or Georgia had any inkling this was coming
A Mig-27 is the ground attack version of the Mig-23
I thought all the Fencers were scrapped.
But there are HUGE differences.
1st, the Russians are physically invading.
2nd, the Georgians have weapons systems that are on par with the Russians and, particularly in air combat (but also on the ground), can contest the issue, which the Serbians could not with us.
3rd, there is a huge historical issue with the former Soviet Union which surrounding countries, and Europe in particular will not discount...and neither should we. Any pretect to start gobbling up former Soviet satellite states MUST be opposed.
4th, the Georgians in the immediate past, have been our steadfast allies in combat in the War on Terror. We cannot allow them to be trodden under.
None of those conditions applied to the Serbian Kosovo conflict...and besides, like I said, what we did ha dnor moral justification...it was all politics by the Clinton administration andn should never have happened.
Since we can’t edit comments, I added your correction to the headline. Hope that’s OK.
Channeling Iosef Vissarionovich again?
My bad, what you said is exactly what I meant and I have asked the mods to correct it.
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