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« on: August 08, 2008, 09:01:01 AM »
Just great. Not what we needed.

Hope this is over quickly and with few deaths.
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« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2008, 09:45:36 AM »
I have a friend from Georgia. I don't know where she is, but I hope she's OK.
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« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2008, 11:25:12 AM »
Quote from: PPTE Meeker on August 08, 2008, 10:57:44 AM
Do they even have a reason? You can't just suddenly invade a country.

Defending Russian citizens in South Ossetia. The ones they gave passports to in order to undermine the Georgians there.

Russia may or may not have started this, but Stalin certainly did when he partitioned Ossetia.
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« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2008, 03:22:20 PM »
Quote from: 我寻找感觉和方向 on August 08, 2008, 02:57:06 PM
That's right, it seems that Caucasian borders have been created to create problems...

As were those in Africa...
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« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2008, 04:03:19 PM »
Quote from: jmfcst on August 09, 2008, 03:54:36 PM
and that's EXACTLY the reason why Georgia shouldn't have provided the Russians an excuse.

Putin/Medvedev would find any reason.

Why should Georgia, or any other state, have to conduct its affairs around what pleases Moscow? Or Washington?
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« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2008, 09:07:44 AM »
The Russians have been mistreating the Georgians since before independence. In fact, for a good couple of centuries.
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« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2008, 11:29:27 AM »
Quote from: Old Europe on August 10, 2008, 10:05:50 AM
Well, I guess Georgia has just "surrendered"... they've declared an unilateral cease-fire.

Which Moscow says hasn't happened. Now they've just bombed Tbilisi international airport.
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« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2008, 12:08:23 PM »
Quote from: StateBoiler on August 10, 2008, 11:54:09 AM
The Georgian President right now is on CNN stating his case.

He's been doing that a lot on the international networks.

Apparently, the Georgians shot down a Tu-22 "Blinder" (I don't think the Russians have those still) or a Tu-22M "Backfire".

Ukrainian population are apparently divided on this.
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« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2008, 04:02:58 AM »
Quote from: Sibboleth on August 11, 2008, 07:54:35 PM
There's no sane reason for Russia to occupy Georgia. Installing a more favourable (but perhaps not too favourable, actually...) would seem more likely, if it comes to that.

Quite.

Seems the Russians aren't allowing the Red Cross and other international organisations in.

They're also suppressing casualty numbers.
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