UPDATE 2-US says warned Georgia against Russia fight

[dipsydoodle]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - The United States warned Georgia against a fight with Russia, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday as Washington demanded Moscow withdraw its forces more quickly from the former Soviet republic.

"Our message was consistent to our Georgian colleagues ... 'Avoid a direct military confrontation with Russia at all costs. You cannot prevail. It simply is not possible,'" said Matt Bryza, the State Department diplomat who was sent to Georgia after the crisis erupted.

In some of the most explicit criticism from Washington of Georgia's actions, Bryza said the United States told Tbilisi that the Georgian military would be no match for Russia.

"Russia is 30 times as big as Georgia, its military is several times as large," he told reporters.


Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUKN192986112008...

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"Avoid a direct military confrontation" said Matt Bryza aka Hans Christian Anderson.

[Doctor_J]

1. *cough*horseshit

No invasion, no big TV CINC moment for McSame

[IsItJustMe]

2. Georgia screwed up big time. I guess Georgia, with its new found friendship with the USA and NATO,

made a very bad mis-calculation. I am no sponge brain, but I believe any fool that knows anything at all about this area could have predicted the results. Seems like Georgia had some lessons to learn, and they decided to do it the hard way.

[Eurobabe]

3. Conversation went something like this: "Hey, yeah Mikhail

or Sakkashivvy as I call ya in my wider circles, he-heh, this is W. Um, yeah, we got a real bad problem with that McCain, old putz hasn't been able to crack 50% in the polls. We, um, me and Dick, under the advice of Karl, of course, were kinda thinkin' you could, well, start some really bad shit with Pooty-Poot. We need to, um, get that old 'patriarchy' fear stuff back into the minds of the dumb Americans. Can you help us out? Cool. Thanks dude, I knew I could count on you."

[bemildred]

4. More lies. nt

[Loisenman]

5. Georgia never would have done it if this was the main thrust of the signal

I wonder if Bushco thought they needed to heat things up before the election...perhaps to play up McCain's perceived strengths.

[whistle]

6. Is Bush passing the "buck" again? Talk about a slimy dirt-bag, Dubya

...the strutting nazi is lower than whale shit! Makes promises he has no intention of ever keeping.

[Tutankhamun]

7. Bush message to allies: This is what you get for trusting us.

[tom_paine]

8. 99% certainty that is a LIE

No way Georgia does this without discussing it with the Bushies first.

Or their emissary, Karl Rove..."on vacation".

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/14/1525/74622

[BeHereNow]

9. "To everything, spin, spin... There is a season, spin, spin..."

What a crock of crap.

Our media is a national and global disgrace.

BHN

[cliss]

10. I don't believe this story.

Right after the invasion, Mr. Saakashvili said that "The US told me I could do it". The Pentagon immediately denied any such statement.

Now, the Pentagon does a 180 degree turnaround and say that they warned him against going in.

It's quite obvious from these statements that the Pentagon knew AHEAD of time what was coming.

[dipsydoodle]

11. Confirmation that the USA knew ahead of time

is here :http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[sofa king]

12. Yes, I'm sure that's what Condi and Karl told Mikheil

"Avoid a direct military confrontation at all costs--but do us a favor and see how close you can get."