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2008-08-12 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by Full Bosomed1072 2008-08-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-08-12 02:24|| 2008-08-12 02:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Given the new Russian precedent of intervention, I expect that the ethnic Chinese majority in easter Russia willsoon cause China to overrun and liberate them as "peacekeepers"

Its the Precedent Russia has set.

/sarcasm

(in case you didn't catch the reduction ad absurdem demolition of the "kosovo is a precedent" arguements yesterday)

Posted by OldSpook 2008-08-12 03:25|| 2008-08-12 03:25|| Front Page Top

#3 I imagine China is quite content to see the Russians regaining the monopoly on oil export from the Caucasus - gives them a lever towards getting a major pipeline to the east out of Kazahkstan.

Posted by Glenmore 2008-08-12 07:38|| 2008-08-12 07:38|| Front Page Top

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