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| Russian planes renew bombardment of So. Ossetia | |
| 2008-08-09 | |
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| Posted by:lotp |
| #20 I like the Waffle House. The founder is a local man, and when he sold the business a few years ago he opened a wonderful plant shop near me. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-08-09 17:26 |
| #19 Over the years IDF killed a lot of Russian "advisers" They forgot to teach us about that in Hebrew school. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-08-09 17:24 |
| #18 gromgoru, I number among my friends and acquaintances a number of 'advisors' who are active duty military on the US side. The math is familiar to me. ;-) |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-08-09 16:07 |
| #17 liberalhawk, google "Israel Georgia" if you want the backstory. Which includes: the Georgian FM saying Israel 'inspires' and he seeks closer relationships between the countries, per Ha'aretz. Israel selling arms to Georgia and Russia protesting strongly, per Stratfor. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-08-09 16:06 |
| #16 #12 Lotp, (a) Do the math: a few hundred US "advisers" and a 1000 Israeli "advisers" for an army of 18,000 total? (and by the way: IDF style and US mil styles don't mix---we ain't Scots-Irish). (b)By the way, Debka says "private Israeli security firms" (c) As I said elsewhere "all morality derives from reciprocity". Over the years IDF killed a lot of Russian "advisers". As all the chances that the AA missile batteries Russia sells to Iran will be manned by Russian personnel---soon we going to kill lots more. And Russians are going to take it quietly---because they understand what playing in somebody else's backyard means. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-08-09 16:06 |
| #15 Lol! That pic has an Aweful House sign! In all seriousness, The Man of the Year invading Goergia during the Olympics tells me that Russias economy is more worser than people think. Inflation troubles and falling oil prices, methinks. |
| Posted by: Mike N 2008-08-09 15:53 |
| #14 Merks, they takes their chances. It's 'Mercs', though that term really isn't technically applicable. And color me 'different', but I wouldn't ask Israel do anything outside of what limited... things... are being done now. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-08-09 15:31 |
| #13 sources other than debka? Anyway, I go away for a day, and this shit happens? Geez. I dont have much to add. yet. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2008-08-09 15:23 |
| #12 They aren't mercenaries. They're official Israeli representatives who were sent there to (among other things) discuss securing oil/gas shipments to Israel. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-08-09 15:13 |
| #11 Jeebs, but they are some ugly babies at RSA today. Ick. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-08-09 15:08 |
| #10 Grom with a fine piece of snark a month back inspired my latest sig.... |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-08-09 15:07 |
| #9 grom, Debka says 1000 of them... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-08-09 14:59 |
| #8 grom, perhaps you didn't know that Israel has military advisors in Georgia who are reported to have aided the offensive into S. Ossetia? Merks, they takes their chances. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-08-09 14:55 |
| #7 grom, perhaps you didn't know that Israel has military advisors in Georgia who are reported to have aided the offensive into S. Ossetia? |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-08-09 14:37 |
| #6 Israel is your dog them Wait, you didn't know? Damn memolia didn't find you? Watch this... Speak! |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-08-09 14:33 |
| #5 I hope "W" pulled him aside and quietly said something like Look up Saakashvili on wiki, Besoeker. And have Georgia tell the Mosaad they have a hunting license for Russian SpecOps troops, no bag limit. Israel is your dog them---not allowed to defend itself, but should bite anybody you direct it to? Any of you geniuses looked |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-08-09 14:29 |
| #4 I beleive a delivery of PAtriots from... Israel lets say (which we replace), is in order. And have Georgia tell the Mosaad they have a hunting license for Russian SpecOps troops, no bag limit. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-08-09 13:12 |
| #3 If nothing else, at least W told him to stop before the Georgians start up the asymmetrical operations. The whole "goose"/"gander" thing. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Asymmetrical Reply Division 2008-08-09 11:00 |
| #2 I hope "W" pulled him aside and quietly said something like.... now listen you Russian SOB...etc, etc. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-08-09 10:13 |
| #1 Putin is happily watching the Olympics in Beijing. According to the NBC announcers covering the opening ceremony, he and Bush met there to talk about his little invasion. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-08-09 10:10 |