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2008-08-11 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Georgia claims Russians have cut country in half

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Posted by Steve White 2008-08-11 15:44|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Bush has called a press conference for 5:15 EST -- to read a statement -- don't know whether than will be questions of not.

He must have stepped off the plane, already knowing exactly what he was doing and would say.

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2008-08-11 17:01|| 2008-08-11 17:01|| Front Page Top

#2 "That's the western edge right by the Black Sea. Looks like a classic pincers move to cut the country in half. That will isolate the bulk of he Georgian military to the eastern half."

now the USSR military says theyve withdrawn from Senaki. Maybe they are aware of the guerilla threat, and so are only going to launch large scale raids? Or maybe theyre lying. Interesting a war in which both sides claim fake retreats intead of fake advances. At least shows SOME consideration to world opinion.

Posted by superstitiousGalitizianer 2008-08-11 17:10|| 2008-08-11 17:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Here's an interesting comment from Powerline:

Did you know that Russia forbids the transport of US military hardware across its territory, even by plane? Of course, Iran does too. Look at a map and think of where the large US logistical bases are located (Germany). That leaves only a narrow corridor -- across Georgia and Azerbaijan -- that we can use to supply our troops in Afghanistan.

The Chinese don't allow resupply. The Russians and the Iranians don't. Looks like if we lose Georgia to Imperial Russia, the only route into Afghanistan is via Pakistan.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-08-11 17:43|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-08-11 17:43|| Front Page Top

#4 some ideas form comments at blackfive

I'm with Georgia. This thing will probably be halted in place soon with a cease-fire. Then we need to move.

1. Sign an alliance Georgia - whether the worthless French and Germans like it or not.

2. Move all our bases in Europe to the East - Georgia, Poland and the Baltic states.

3. Get the UN to replace the Russian "peacekeepers" with real ones.

4. Kick the shit out of them in they try it again.

Posted by Legolas 2008-08-11 18:36|| 2008-08-11 18:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Just saw a state dept type on Fox late news talking about this. He was p-ssed off. They now seem to understand that the russians had planned this for some time. Russian troops were in both provinces under the guise of humanitarian work... fixing a railroad ... so it could be used for troops and ammo etc. Hopefully we will hear more about this.

Posted by Legolas 2008-08-11 23:46|| 2008-08-11 23:46|| Front Page Top

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