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Russia's Medvedev halts military action in Georgia
http://news.yahoo.com/i/514;_ylt=A0wNcyCvUqFIT5sAYAxZ.3QA ^ | AP

Posted on 08/12/2008 2:10:58 AM PDT by Flashlight

Russian news reports are quoting President Dmitri Medvedev ordering a halt to Russian military action in Georgia.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: ceasefire; geopolitics; georgia; russia; war
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To: RetSignman

Is it my imagination or don’t we have an elected President saying the same thing?


281 posted on 08/12/2008 12:03:22 PM PDT by TheThinker (Capitalism is the natural result of a democratic government.)
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To: romanesq; Grampa Dave; NormsRevenge; tubebender; hedgetrimmer; forester; WilliamofCarmichael; ...
"He pointed his magical tire gauge and the tanks halted."

Entirely too funny about his emminence!!! Haaaaaaaaaaa Ha Ha!!!

LET's DRILL and LET's ROLL, NOW!!!

282 posted on 08/12/2008 12:06:13 PM PDT by SierraWasp (I'm not against the environment, just GovernMental EnvironMentalism!!! (our new state religion))
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To: Flashlight

Russia practiced international entrapment by issuing passports to anyone in those annexed regions that wanted them and then invaded as those newly minted Russian citizens rebelled and were rightly suppressed by the Georgian government.


283 posted on 08/12/2008 12:08:08 PM PDT by TheThinker (Capitalism is the natural result of a democratic government.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Where's Putin

I just saw a picture of him with his fellow thugs in Osettia, but it was dated yesterday. Perhaps he's still there?

284 posted on 08/12/2008 12:11:16 PM PDT by browardchad
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To: TheThinker

Yes, but that doesn’t count because obama is “The One” to America’s Pravda and the dimocrats.


285 posted on 08/12/2008 12:17:48 PM PDT by RetSignman (DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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To: pgkdan
He wouldn't lie to us. Would he?

Well now, of course not. He's the soulless soul of honesty.

286 posted on 08/12/2008 12:19:12 PM PDT by browardchad
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To: TheThinker
those newly minted Russian citizens rebelled

There's a lot of confusing reports in this conflict, but I did see one that mentioned that thousands those "newly minted" citizens removed themselves to North Osettia before things heated up.

Who knows? It certainly wouldn't be surprising.

287 posted on 08/12/2008 12:25:51 PM PDT by browardchad
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To: ichabod1
Russian hegemony must be curtailed. NATO was designed expressly for that purpose.

Yes, it is a defense pact and membership gives one protections but it also defines what will be tolerated and what will not be tolerated.

Russia will be placed in a more difficult position as intended by policy, and one can only guess how stupid they may be.

Should they not curtail their aggressions, the pact becomes justification and takes the U.N. out of the loop as is necessary. If war is launched, then the cause is easily determined.

Wars have never, ever been avoided through weakness. It's never happened that way yet some continue to try. You can't avoid war by not being prepared for it 24/7 and we need to always be prepared and ready to commit. It's the only way to avoid it.

288 posted on 08/12/2008 12:30:01 PM PDT by Cold Heat (NO! (you can infer any meaning you choose))
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To: Wallace T.; All

“Putis is emulating the tactics of [previous rulers] to reassert Russian power...and protect its oil and natural gas interests against rival Western energy companies.”

This certainly seems to be the case. They have forced BP out of the country. Georgia has a major pipeline to European markets. Last year they stuck it to the Ukranians on energy. Oil prices are coming down, but I would stock up on heating oil and storm windows early, because we have no idea what Russia may pull this winter that could push prices sky high again.


289 posted on 08/12/2008 12:30:02 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: Alia

Nice Georgia/SO detail.


290 posted on 08/12/2008 12:33:55 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: pgkdan

Reeeallly kind of makes you think McCarthy was right, doesn’t it?


291 posted on 08/12/2008 12:33:56 PM PDT by ichabod1 (If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it, and if it stops moving, subsidize it.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

thanks Ernest


292 posted on 08/12/2008 12:39:10 PM PDT by dervish (I looked into Putin's actions and saw evil)
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To: Brian S. Fitzgerald

Thanks


293 posted on 08/12/2008 12:41:37 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Cold Heat; Girlene; rbmillerjr; pgkdan; nuconvert; SunkenCiv; Grampa Dave; ...
Where’s Putin?

294 posted on 08/12/2008 12:46:22 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: ichabod1

Oh yeah...Old Joe was right. He certainly was.


295 posted on 08/12/2008 12:49:31 PM PDT by pgkdan (Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: gleeaikin; Tolik
Thank you. There is much, much more; obviously. FReeper Tolik has posted a link (Slate) which has more details which clearly show how much SO Ossetia was operating FOR Russia.

Dispatch by Joshua Kucera from South Ossetia (before war) "Why Can't We Live Together?"

Billboards around Tskhinvali show Vladimir Putin with the legend "Our President." (This is during the summer of 2007.)

296 posted on 08/12/2008 1:14:24 PM PDT by Alia
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To: Natchez Hawk
<> There is FSB. The Russian Federal Security Service, the successor to the KGB.

"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

297 posted on 08/12/2008 1:19:00 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: RetSignman
What I should have asked is don't we have a real president talking about a cease fire and not just Obama? That phrase would enrage some liberal pansies for sure.
298 posted on 08/12/2008 1:22:31 PM PDT by TheThinker (Capitalism is the natural result of a democratic government.)
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To: Alia

Thank you for your feedback.

Yes, the pipeline and NATO...that’s what this is really all about, in my opinion.


299 posted on 08/12/2008 1:49:56 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: CDB

Yes, Russia has been reverting back to the bad old days for quite awhile now, in my opinion.


300 posted on 08/12/2008 1:50:46 PM PDT by Cindy
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