“We will rebuild,” [Georgian president] Saakashvili said. “We want them out. I want the world to know, never, ever will Georgia reconcile with occupation of even one square kilometer of its sovereign territory. Never, ever.”What a George-Bush-level fucking imbecile.
Saakashvili tried to pull a shitty; he thought that while Vladimir Putin was in Beijing, that he could send the Georgian Army into South Ossetia, preceded by a little "shock and awe" from a few batteries of Katyusha rocket launchers, and conquer the area. It was worse than that, for the Georgian Army attacked just hours after an agreement had been reached between Georgia and Russia for another round of negotiations about South Ossetia.
(Yes, that's a pretty raw shitty, all right. We were not too forgiving when the Japanese launched an attack on us during negotiations. Guess Saakashvili forgot about that little bit of history.)
But Georgia's gamble didn't work, the forces in place, both Russian peacekeepers and Ossetian militia, stood their ground long enough until a Russian motorized rifle division or two could show up and, in combination with the Russian Air Force, kick the Georgian Army all the way back to Tbilisi.
Georgia spent a lot of money on weapons. Fat lot of good it did them: "The Georgian forces had good equipment," [a Russian sergeant] said. "But it wasn't enough. In the end, it was just like they had toys."
Saakashvili was a day or so away from having to sign a carte blanche surrender, so now he makes noises as though he is the victor?
If the Georgian people have any sense, once they come out of their stupor and see what Saakashvili's monumental stupidity has brought them, they will turn him into a wind chime. But I do not think they have that much sense.
One thing is certain: The Russian belief that "you can never trust a Georgian" has been reinforced with steel rebar. I doubt very much if they will ever leave South Ossetia.
And NATO would be utter fools to let Georgia into NATO.
Well, only American media and the Georgians are listening to Georgia's President, and he has to tell it like he wishes it were, Russians will do what they want, the return to Cold War isn't feared as much as anarchy or real democracy in Russia.
ReplyDelete"Forgot" history ? Doesn't that mean he had to know some in the first place ? Shame on you EBM. Accuracy is important. :)
ReplyDeleteStill love your stuff.
Don Brown
Don, that turdlet did major in history at Yale, so he might have learned something.
ReplyDeleteEarl, I have been rather saddened at the wholesale swallowing of the "poor weedle Georgia" line by the American press. I'm not disappointed, for I didn't expect much more than that. At least these days, it's easy to get a more nuanced view of thngs,
the press is on georgia's side because bush is on georgia's side..
ReplyDeletethey do whatever bush wants
the press covered george and laura's excellent vacation last week