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More revoltin’ developments, Ollie.
Archive for the ‘Georgia’ Category
August 13th, 2008
Category: Georgia
What advice has McCain been giving to Saakashvili? And why is he sending his own delegation to Tbilisi?
August 13th, 2008
Category: Georgia
Human Rights Watch debunks claims of “2000 dead” in Georgian attack on Tskhinvali, and are being used by the Russians to incite violence against ethnic Georgians still in South Ossetia.
Russian tanks keep heading south from South Ossetia into Georgia proper, with gangs of “irrelguars” behind them burning, pillaging, killing, and kidnapping children.
August 12th, 2008
Category: Georgia
Pass the tinfoil: * The State Department gave Russia the green light to go into South Ossetia if Georgia made a big move, thinking that the Russians had made an implied commitment to stay out of Georgia proper. But State never told the Georgian government. * Knowing that the Russians were baiting Saakashvili, State kept [...]
August 12th, 2008
Category: Georgia
The Serbian government waged war on the Kosovars, driving 80% of them from their homes. The Georgian government did no such thing in either South Ossetia or Abkhazia.
August 12th, 2008
Category: Georgia
We just lost the first battle of what may be a New Cold war. McCain was in there helping us lose.
August 12th, 2008
Category: Georgia
A Government bill calling for it will be debated at a special session of the parliament today.
August 11th, 2008
Category: Georgia, International Affairs
Plan A: Admit Georgia to NATO membership, and tell Saakashvili we’ll protect his independence but he can forget about South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Plan B: Admit Ukraine to NATO and ask Putin how he likes THEM apples.
