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President Bush to Make Statement on Georgia-Russia Crisis at 5:15 p.m. EDT

Posted on 08/11/2008 12:32:16 PM PDT by Scythian

Headline only so far on fox news ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: actofwar; aggression; bush; geopolitics; georgia; georgianconflict; greatgame; putin; rumorsofwar; ruskies; russia; ussr; war
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
We need to stomp Putin (and his Soviet goals) into a senseless, sticky puddle.

Absurd.

We wouldn't do it for Hungary in 1956 when we had much, much greater force available at the scene of the crime.

Now, we don't have the means, we don't have the will, and most importantly we don't have the leadership.

Kiss Georgia goodbye. There's absolutely nothing we could do that wouldn't make the situation worse.

241 posted on 08/11/2008 2:43:30 PM PDT by Jim Noble (When He rolls up His sleeves, He ain't just puttin' on the Ritz)
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To: MarMema
“I am very upset because my friends in Tbilisi are emailing me and are scared and sad.”

That certainly reduces it all to its essence, doesn't it? I'm certain they are terribly frightened. I'll try to get a circle of prayer going. It's amazing what it can do. There are a lot of prayer warriors who have been all over the world and never left their homes. They've seen things and had no idea what or why they were having those sights or why they felt compelled to pray until it's over. Pray unceasingly, in good season and in bad.

Keep their spirits up by your emails and let them know they are loved beyond measure, protected and need not fear the arrows that fly by day, nor the plague that stalk at night. Gee, I hope they have Bibles.

242 posted on 08/11/2008 2:43:43 PM PDT by Constitutions Grandchild
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To: tet68
In the game of nations, you have to think long term.

Well, we certainly excel at that... < /s>

243 posted on 08/11/2008 2:43:49 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: mkjessup
You are wrong. We have the weaponry and the aircraft to deliver it that were designed precisely for stopping these types of armored and infantry column advances. As in completely decimating them.

We have aircraft from Northern Iraq who could.

I believe we should escort those transport aircraft into Georgia carrying the Georgian Iraq troops with fighter and attack aircraft so that if the Russians so much as sneazed at them that we then used them.

Doubtful that we will do this...but to your comments, we certainly could do so and that would be well short of a preemptive nuclear strike.

244 posted on 08/11/2008 2:44:12 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

If Putin wanted to deny Airfields for the C17’s he would have... 2000 Georgian troops.. That’s a Brigade??


245 posted on 08/11/2008 2:45:11 PM PDT by egb18delta
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

Bingo!


246 posted on 08/11/2008 2:45:39 PM PDT by NoKoolAidforMe ("Victory at all costs...for without true victory, there is no survival." Winston Churchill)
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To: Jeff Head

All that reactive armor would not help much, either.


247 posted on 08/11/2008 2:46:08 PM PDT by bvw
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To: jeffc
Yes, that "must" made my jaw drop. The use of "must" in a diplomatic setting is one step away from an ultimatum with consequences attached.

We can bring Russian planes down and we can strafe Russian convoys, but if we go there, Russia's reaction will be blunt. If we don't get hit back, the nations around Russia could see a tsunami of Russian attacks (not all of them military in nature.)

This is incredibly dangerous. My guess is that this is meant as an object lesson to all those nations that broke free from the Russian Empire.

We have been too naive for too long regarding the Russians; we have come to think of them as just a group of unusually ruthless Western Europeans. They really are a bunch of typically ruthless Czarists.

McVey
248 posted on 08/11/2008 2:46:43 PM PDT by mcvey (Fight on. Do not give up. Ally with those you must. Defeat those you can. And fight on whatever.)
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To: mnehrling
I don't think his comment about 'regime change in Russia' was a slip of the tongue.

It was just a slip by a tired, jet-lagged president. It's consistent with what our ambassador to the UN strongly suggested yesterday, namely that Russia wanted regime change in Georgia

249 posted on 08/11/2008 2:47:29 PM PDT by AHerald ("Be faithful to God ... do not bother about the ridicule of the foolish." - St. Pio of Pietrelcina)
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To: NoKoolAidforMe
Update....

Georgia: Russians Have Split Country

Prayers for the people of Georgia.

250 posted on 08/11/2008 2:47:36 PM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Jeff Head

Had to leave for a moment, What’s this I hear about bombing runs on the capitol and civilian airports.


251 posted on 08/11/2008 2:48:31 PM PDT by eastforker (Get-R-Done and then Bring-Em- Home)
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To: Jeff Head
I saw on another thread that Putin has already mentioned that the president of Georgia should be taken into custody for genocide.

I wonder if there are special ops to rescue him if it comes down to that.

252 posted on 08/11/2008 2:48:32 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E. That spells free. freerepublic.com baby)
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To: egb18delta
What was the USSR after in Afganistan???

I take it that you are not familiar with Kiplings Kim. All about the 'Great Game' of Britain against Russia in Afghanistan, preventing Russia from getting access to the Indian Ocean?

254 posted on 08/11/2008 2:49:08 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (DEATH TO PUTIN!)
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To: AHerald
I still think that may have been a pointed comment. Give the Russian President a chance to fix the situation by pulling power away from the Prime Minister (Putin) who is pulling the strings on this.
255 posted on 08/11/2008 2:49:12 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: mewzilla

Sounds like the New Iron Curtain....Sometime Fences are good...


256 posted on 08/11/2008 2:49:59 PM PDT by egb18delta
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To: mware
I wonder if there are special ops to rescue him if it comes down to that.

My guess is that we would just let him stand trial.

258 posted on 08/11/2008 2:50:41 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: DoughtyOne

REal smart comments.


259 posted on 08/11/2008 2:51:35 PM PDT by nikos1121 (The first black president of the US should be at least a "Jackie Robinson.")
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To: Jeff Head
My geology professor and mentor when I was young (Dr Peter Wolfe) was in Prague when the tanks rolled into the city.

He took lots of photos from his window and it was ugly, very ugly.

260 posted on 08/11/2008 2:52:17 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E. That spells free. freerepublic.com baby)
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