US says big powers urge Russia to accept truce

[cal04]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gQYe039zkquHxitiI6u4M_TRr_BAD92G3RCO0

The world's seven largest economic powers are calling on Russia to accept an immediate cease-fire with Georgia and agree to international mediation over the crisis in Georgia's separatist areas.

A State Department official says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the other foreign ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations spoke by telephone on Monday and pledged their support for a negotiated solution to the conflict that has been raging since Friday between the former Soviet state and Russia.

They called on Russia to respect Georgia's borders and expressed deep concern for civilian casualties that have occurred.

[malaise]

1. Rubbish

Georgia has already signed the French led ceasefire and I just watched the Saakashvili press conference live on BBC. He looked whipped. The Georgian army is already on the run.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7553390.stm

Big big miscalculation - tell Saakashvilli, Bush, Cheney and that asshole Condi. More innocents have been killed for nothing but arrogance. Ask Condi what she was doing there on July 10th if not giving their puppet the go ahead to make an ass of himself and facilitate the slaughter of innocent people.

Fuck all blood for oil warmongers.

[arcadian]

2. That's what I thought, staged conflict.

Maybe Bush will try to step in and try to look like the great peace maker.

[cal04]

3. all the articles I've read say Georgia launched offensive first

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080811/ap_on_re_eu/georgia_south_ossetia

Russia sent thousands of troops, tanks and air support into South Ossetia on Friday after Georgia launched an offensive to seize control of the province, which broke from Georgia in the early 1990s.

The conflict has already forced about 40,000 people from their homes, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.

(snip)
Worse still, western backing for "equip and train" programmes in Russia's backyard don't contribute to peace and stability if bombastic local leaders such as Saakashvili see them as a guarantee of support even in a crisis provoked by his own actions. He seems to have thought that the valuable oil pipeline passing through his territory, together with the Nato advisers intermingled with his troops, would prevent Russia reacting militarily to an incursion into South Ossetia. That calculation has proved disastrously wrong.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/09/georgia.russia1

Russia sent thousands of troops, tanks and air support into South Ossetia on Friday after Georgia launched an offensive to seize control of the province, which broke from Georgia in the early 1990s.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080811/wl_afp/georgiarussiaunrest_080811122032

[malaise]

4. That is correct and while Bush may ignore the ICJ

Europe will haul Saakashvilli to court for war crimes. He is a stupid puppet with no understanding of politics.

[Mojorabbit]

5. I doubt they will

as Europe needs the pipeline that runs through Georgia.

[AuntPatsy]

6. do you feel as if in some way that we (cheney & Co.) have something to

do with what some believe to have occurred in that Georgia began this?