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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:42 AM Original message |
Russia expands Georgia blitz, deploys ships |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Is this a war yet? |
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David Dunham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Putin must want McCain to be elected. The new evil Russia will help scare voters |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. Laughable choice of words |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. Since WHEN has Russia given a damn about international opinion? They invaded Afghanistan... |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. Georgia renews South Ossetia bombardment |
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plasticsundance (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yeah ... Russia is really scared. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. They been trained in Iraq |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Welcome to the new world odor. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Russia rejected the latest ceasefire proposal ? |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. looks like Georgia is playing mind games |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Russia troops in new Georgia move |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Unfortunately the Georgians |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. But a "real" neo-con war needs U.S. troops |
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SpikeTss (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. S.Ossetia: "Intense" Georgia shelling resumes |
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SpikeTss (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Russia rejects Georgia ceasefire as fighting goes on |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Something extremely odd going on here |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. When your goal is to overthrow a government and install a puppet |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I meant odd |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. He was elected |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. He was elected |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Ummm he was not elected like W |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Yes, by all means |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. There is no evidence of ethnic clensing |
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GrannyK (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Some insight from Ruppert |
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SpikeTss (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. The sad thing is |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Love how the term war criminal is being lobbed about here freely |
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SpikeTss (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Attacking civilians in several Ossetian cities certainly counts as a war crime |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. People are acting like this is Bosnia all over again |
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SpikeTss (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. It's not with tens of thousands South Ossetians fleeing from Georgian attacks? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. How bout all the Georgians fleeing their territory now in Gori and westward |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. RUSSIA claims there were war crimes. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Not good. Not good. |
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savistocate (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Spike has the handle on this conflict-- |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
34. Russians advance in west Georgia |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I think the Russians want Georgia back. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I don't think they want to occupy Georgia |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Is it really an occupation? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. In practice, they would be the same |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. The politics are completely different |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Sorry, I thought you meant Georgia as a whole |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. new Georgia move |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Well Our Media Machine Can Take Pride In The Fact That It's... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. They want the breakaway areas and a new regime in Tblisi |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. I thought the Russians would stop. |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. oh man, oh crap...not good |
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enuegii (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. It's basically over oil... |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. This has been my thinking too |
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DeltaLitProf (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:24 AM Response to Reply #47 |
128. The Caspian Sea reserves |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Russian troops leave Senaki town-ministry 11 Aug 2008 19:07:46 GMT |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
50. Russian forces occupy Georgian city of Gori: Tbilisi (or maybe not, edited with a new link) |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Where are our troops stationed? |
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chatnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. In the Tbilisi area according to the ArmyTimes |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Gori: Stalin's hometown! It's old home week...nt |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Can we get over the Putin is just trying to protect and stand up for Human Rights nonsense |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. One thug pushing another thug |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:24 AM Response to Reply #54 |
129. Yeah, I remember reading that and laughing |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Best not forget the old maxim |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. no fooling here is another report: Russian troops invade Georgia and take the city of Gori |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Ta |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. CNN's Mathew Chance was in Gori earlier today and is back in Tblisi |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I must say I do like your edit . |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #59 |
65. There was an imminent attack warning while Saakashvili was in Gori |
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frankieT (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
61. Georgian officials, TIMES and FOX NEWS |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
62. Georgian troops fall back to defend Tbilisi |
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frankieT (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. oh please this propaganda is sickening |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Here is a Russian report. |
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chatnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #67 |
74. Or is Ekho Moskvy propaganda too? |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
64. France24 has a reporter in Gori |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
66. Is anybody else feeling a little "nervous" about this? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Your "we" set it up. |
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Andre II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #50 |
69. Reuters snap on Georgia withdrawn |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. People freak out. Even reporters. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Yes - the other evidence which just happened along |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. There was a battle outside the city of Gori |
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Andre II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Why so many contradicting information |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #76 |
112. Because there are so few reporters these days |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #76 |
117. I'd be highly surprised if any news organisation has real-time satellite images |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #69 |
72. It could be, the reporter saw tanks and such and assumed they were Russian. . . |
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Andre II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. The article does clearly talk about an ongoing battle |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #75 |
120. You make it up |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #75 |
122. Perhaps they heard it . |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #34 |
77. Russia opens 2nd front in Georgia, seizing towns |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. I heard this war would be over by now |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #78 |
81. I have heard today on the msm which I felt compelled to watch once again |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #81 |
84. Mcgrumpy needs a war he can relate to |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #84 |
88. I'm not sure it's that simple....people seemed to no longer fear a mideast |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #81 |
89. Scary Russia - |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. I don't think such will be allowed to occur even if both sides wanted it.... |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #89 |
94. lastest link: Russia Rejects EU-Backed Peace Proposal as Fighting Continues |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #94 |
99. Thanks for the update. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #81 |
98. Russia (Putinist's) would like nothing better than for us to attack Iran |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #81 |
103. Has it occurred to you that this might not be the US's fault? |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #103 |
108. Considering what has come out of the mouth of our so called leaders |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #108 |
111. We.. |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #111 |
114. His tone, words and demeanor when speaking of the Georgia conflict should |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #114 |
115. Well said! |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #111 |
126. McCain's tone is threatening? |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:24 AM Response to Reply #126 |
127. Nothing will be helped by us using a threatening tone |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #103 |
118. No, never |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #81 |
123. I think that the Russians, the Georgians, the Abkhasians and the Ossetians |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #78 |
95. I saw this on EuroNews earlier |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. So, is Bush eating cake today? Or playing guitar? Or perhaps reading to children?? |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #79 |
86. No, he is watching sporting events |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Russia denies troops have taken Georgian town |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #80 |
82. well if the russians say so |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #82 |
124. How about the BBC, France24 and 2 Reuters reporters... |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #77 |
83. There's a slightly less partisan version of this from AFP here: |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #83 |
87. And the Russia Today site puts it like this: |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #77 |
85. US Troops have been over there since Mid July |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #85 |
91. Didn't they leave... |
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mike3121 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #77 |
92. I'm puzzled? |
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doublethink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #92 |
96. 2-14 Calvary Regiment out of Hawaii !! Lightning ... |
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mike3121 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #96 |
101. 25th ID |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #92 |
102. Sound Like Bullshit To Me. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #92 |
104. Those "liberal friends" don't sound like Liberals, they sound like Stalinist-Maoist morans. |
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mike3121 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. To Odin2005 |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #92 |
113. Who do your conservative friends support? n/t |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #92 |
119. Turkey has a stake in this. as the breakaway puppets are claiming Turkey is helping Georgia |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #77 |
93. I do believe Putin is grabbing Georgia! The USA did not help itself meddling over there n/t |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #93 |
121. Wonder if Jimmy Carter said anything about this Georgia situation? |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #77 |
97. These operations are consistent with their intent to settle the issue regarding |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #77 |
100. Witnesses: Russians seize Georgian police stations |
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Andre II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #77 |
106. Attention the headline is extremely different now |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #106 |
107. The reason we can't have objective information is that no one really knows what is going on. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #107 |
109. And you know all this, HOW? |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #109 |
125. I don't "know" this I "think" this |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #77 |
110. How intense is the fighting? |
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tidy_bowl (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #34 |
116. 41 is an ex-CIA..... |
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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
130. Georgia bombs South Ossetia - witness |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #130 |
131. do we think this is new as in from Monday evening |
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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #131 |
132. I 'm not sure if they had a witness earlier |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #131 |
135. It's dated 12th August |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #135 |
136. I think it's a recast of an earlier report |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #130 |
133. Deleted message |
ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #130 |
134. So much for Russian air superiority unless, the witness is the new "undisclosed" source |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #130 |
137. The Russians did not accept Georgia's offer of a cease-fire. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #137 |
138. Yeah, I expect they will both keep it up until they both decide to stop. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #138 |
141. Georgia may very well have wanted a cease fire and standstill agreement. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #141 |
142. Seems likely. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #142 |
143. I just hope that Putin won't attempt to put in its own choice for Georgian President |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #143 |
145. It would be smarter to let the Georgians take care of it themselves. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #145 |
146. Or not, as the Georgians please. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #146 |
147. Well, it's true it would be up to them (the Georgians). |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #147 |
148. Saakashvili is stupid. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #148 |
149. That would be interesting. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #149 |
150. Here's the McClatchey piece: |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #150 |
154. I read it, but I don't believe it |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #154 |
156. I guess that I'm less willing to dismiss it out of hand than you, |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #156 |
158. I remember the cold war too |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #158 |
159. Thanks for the good discussion. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #150 |
157. Thanks for that. Here's is some stuff Daleo & I were chewing over earlier: |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #141 |
144. It seems... |
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Deny and Shred (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #130 |
139. Wow. If Georgia wants to make a fight of it, they just might get it |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Russia took Georgian territory and didn't stop in S. Ossetia |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #140 |
151. The Russians will stop when they occupy the oil centers in the capital,Tbilisi |
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DeltaLitProf (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #151 |
160. The problem is . . . |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #140 |
152. The U.S. does have a gulag in Cuba though |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #152 |
153. Who invented the gulag ? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #153 |
155. I don't know - the Romans? |
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