Preparing for Round 2 of War With Georgia
captain!
http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=29345
By Yulia Latynina
Peacekeepers deployed by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe must leave Georgia by June 30 after Russia vetoed on June 15 all
attempts to keep their mission in force. That is about the same time General
Nikolai Makarov, commander of Russia's forces in the war with Georgia in
August and the commander of the "Caucasus 2009" military exercises planned
for June 29 to July 6, announced that "Georgia is brandishing its weapons
and is preparing to solve its territorial problems in any way it sees fit."
This raises a question: If Georgia is really planning to start a war, why is
Russia going to such lengths to expel international observers who will be
able to testify to the whole world how Georgia started the war?
The Akhalgori district is key to any future war in Georgia. In violation of
all agreements signed by Moscow at the conclusion of the August war, Russia
never withdrew its troops from Akhalgori - territory that was previously
under Georgian control and located only 30 kilometers from Tbilisi. If
Russia starts a war, Akhalgori would be the obvious launching area. If,
however, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili initiates the war, Akhalgori
would be one of his first military targets.
Only a few journalists have managed to visit Akhalgori, but those who
succeeded have painted a somber picture of conditions there. Marauding and
killing by South Ossetian "civil guardsmen" have become part of everyday
life. Alkhalgori has been transformed into a military base: It was from
Akhalgori, by the way, that Russian Sergeant Alexander Glukhov deserted into
Georgian territory in January.
Is Akhalgori just a big mismanagement problem? Perhaps, but if Russia
intends to strike Tbilisi from Akhalgori it naturally does not need any
witnesses hanging around - above all journalists and international
observers. One way is to control events is to deny journalists access and
veto motions to continue OSCE peacekeeping operations. Another way is to get
rid of other witnesses by using the South Ossetian "civil guardsmen" as a
blunt instrument to remove them.
Russia's foreign policy did not become more peaceful following the war with
Georgia. To the contrary, it fought a "gas war" with Ukraine in January and
has recently fought a "milk war" with Belarus. If before the war with
Georgia, Russia's position toward the rest of the world was "They don't love
us." Now it is "They attacked us."
Of course, Russia would be crazy to start a new war with Georgia now.
Unfortunately, it was just such madness that prompted its "gas war" with
Ukraine.
Throughout most of this year, the Kremlin has tried to convince the world
that Georgia started the war. Clearly, the more innocent the Kremlin
considers itself to be, the more likely it will feel justified in starting a
second war with Georgia to settle scores.
In private talks, OSCE officials ask that no one should take advantage of
the fact that its peacekeepers will not be around to arbitrate - or
prevent - new conflicts in Georgia. But by leaving, they are making another
Russian-Georgian war more likely.
Yulia Latynina hosts a political talk show on Echo Moskvy radio.
Ostap S. B. M. Bender Jr.
> Preparing for Round 2 of War With Georgiahttp://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=29345
Latynina is a notorious enemy of Abkhazia and Ossetia. Right after the
Georgian-Ossetian War last summer, Latynina, in her program on Echo of
Moscow radio, povided a detailed anaysis of how the Georgian army
should have acted in order to exterminate all Russian soldiers. See:
Latynina is very lucky that she lives in Russia where radio and
newspaper journalists are allowed to publicly detail how exactly to
kill as many Russian soldier boys as possible. In USA, she would have
been immediately fired or worse, as happened to Peter Arnott and Bill
Maher, who, unlike Latynina, never rooted for America's enemies and
certainly didn't do anything even remotely resembling telling
America's enemies how to kill American teenage soldiers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Arnett
Peter Gregg Arnett is a New Zealand-American journalist. Arnett worked
for National Geographic magazine, and later for various television
networks, most notably CNN.
On assignment for NBC and National Geographic, Arnett went to Iraq in
2003 to cover the U.S. invasion. After a press meeting there he
granted an interview to state-run Iraq TV on March 31, 2003. .. A day
later, though, NBC, MSNBC and National Geographic all severed their
relationships with Arnett[8].
In response to Arnett's statement on Iraqi TV, the corporation
stated: “ It was wrong for Mr. Arnett to grant an interview with
state-controlled Iraqi TV, especially at a time of war and it was
wrong for him to discuss his personal observations and opinions. ”
Arnett responded: “ My stupid misjudgment was to spend fifteen minutes
in an impromptu interview with Iraqi television. I said in that
interview essentially what we all know about the war, that there have
been delays in implementing policy, there have been surprises."
"I am still in shock and awe at being fired." -Peter Arnett joked
after being fired lampooning the Bush Administration's Iraq strategy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Maher
William "Bill" Maher, is an American stand-up comedian, television
host, social and political commentator, and author. ABC decided not
to renew Maher's contract for Politically Incorrect in 2002 after he
made a controversial on-air remark on September 17, 2001,[35] in which
he agreed with guest conservative political commentator Dinesh D'Souza
that the 9/11 terrorists were not cowards. He then went on to say,
"We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles
away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the
building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."
Companies including FedEx and Sears Roebuck pulled their
advertisements from the show, costing the show more than it returned.
The White House Press Secretary responded to a reporter's question
about Maher's comments by saying: "...they're reminders to all
Americans that they need to watch what they say, watch what they do.
This is not a time for remarks like that..."
Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj
article reposted by the Captain, he as usual chooses to attack and
willify the author(s) of the article 'Yulia Latynina'.
Typical vkarlamov
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remainder of vkarlamovs author villifications snipped.
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Rostyk
captain!
"Ostap S. B. M. Bender Jr." <ostap_be...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On Jun 27, 8:42 pm, "captain!"
in an impromptu interview with Iraqi television. I said in that
interview essentially what we all know about the war, that there have
been delays in implementing policy, there have been surprises."
"I am still in shock and awe at being fired." -Peter Arnett joked
after being fired lampooning the Bush Administration's Iraq strategy
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yes, very pathetic.