What a resumption of fighting between Georgia and South Ossetia will entail is indicated by an examination of the scale of the catastrophe that was narrowly averted a year ago.
A few days ago the government of Abkhazia shared information on what Georgia planned had its invasion of South Ossetia proven successful. The plan was to, having launched the war on the day of the Olympic Opening Ceremony in Beijing while world attention was diverted, have Georgian troops and armor rapidly advance to the Roki Tunnel which connects South Ossetia with the Russian Republic of North Ossetia and prevent Russia from bringing reinforcements into the war zone.
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Also tagged Abkhazia, Adjaria, afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Balkans, Chechnya, Dagestan, georgia, Ingushetia, Karabakh, kosovo, Matthew Bryza, NATO, North Ossetia, oil, Saakashvili, south ossetia
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Two months before the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the beginning of NATO’s first-ever ground war the world is witness to a 21st Century armed conflict without end waged by the largest military coalition in history. A nation that borders Pakistan, Iran, China and two Central Asian nations has been thrown into turmoil. The world’s seven official nuclear nations are either in the neighborhood – China, Pakistan, India and Russia – or are engaged in hostilities – the U.S., Britain and France.
Nothing less is at stake than control of world energy resources and their transportation routes on one hand and the establishment of a global army under NATO auspices fanning out in South and Central Asia and ultimately Eurasia as a whole on the other.
It now appears very certain that Georgian President Saakashvili had long planned a military strike against the Russian Autonomous Regions to seize back the breakaway territory starting with South Ossetia, but executed it very poorly.
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Also tagged Abkhazia, bush, caucasus, cheney, EU, McCain, Medvedev, NATO, palestine, putin, rumsfeld, Sarkozy, united states, washington
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The EU politicians with their unsophisticated vision seem unable even to identify – least to condemn – the actual aggressor. They cannot admit that the mad Tbilisi ruler who has sent Georgia’s NATO-sponsored army to South Ossetia and thus inflicted unprecedented disgrace on his country is in fact their creature.
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US threats to Russia by sending warships to the Black Sea are essentially nothing more than publicity stunts to back up its propaganda war in the Western media and Russia knows it. Once more, the US ruling elite have proved themselves be incompetent empire builders, doing great damage to their interests and especially to their so-called allies.
I didn’t want to post each article, rather, I’ve supplied links instead to what I regard as informative analysis and for a change, from a Russian perspective on the upheavals since Georgia’s insane attack on South Ossetia.
2008-09-05
Pyotr ISKENDEROV
The Serbian Front in the War Over the Caucasus
“At the moment, we are witnessing the onset of the [...]
The West, led by the US and the UK have inflamed the situation by sending an armada into the Black Sea, promised to re-arm Georgia, broken off any meaningful dialog with Russia, and re-invented the Cold War. And in so doing, backed Russia into a corner by refusing to recognize its legitimate rights.
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Also tagged Abkhazia, Asia, BBC, bush, capitalism, cheney, cia, cnn, cold war, communism, democracy, elections, EU, GE, georgia, germany, imperialism, israel, left, McCain, media, NATO, oil, ossetia, propaganda, putin, right, Saakashvili, Sarkozy, south ossetia, soviet union, the state, The Times, Tito, uk, Ukraine, un, united states, war, war on terror, washington, WWII
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The Russified South Ossetia/Abkhazia vs. Georgia crisis has brought home an uncomfortable lesson for the US/NATO and Western powers outraged at Russia’s quick and powerful response to the invasion of South Ossetia by NATO-led mercenaries and the ‘so-called independent Georgian Army’ – there is no big stick they can reach for to punish Moscow.
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Also tagged Abkhazia, afghanistan, ANC, atrocities, china, cia, cold war, communism, crisis, cuba, debt, economy, EU, finance, food, GE, georgia, human rights, independent, israel, massacre, McCain, media, mercenaries, MIT, MoD, NATO, New York, new york times, obama, oil, ossetia, poland, refugees, right, Saakashvili, Sarkozy, south ossetia, soviet union, stalin, taliban, the new york times, uk, Ukraine, un, usa, Venezuela, war, war crime, washington, water, WTO
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We are currently at 6.6 billion and expected to approach 9 billion some time before 2050. Mother Earth is mad as hell and isn’t going to take us anymore.
We’ve heard this all before.
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Also tagged Abkhazia, ANC, china, cia, climate, crisis, culture, democracy, environment, EU, food, food crisis, forests, GE, georgia, global warming, health care, israel, malthus, MIT, MoD, NATO, oil, ossetia, overpopulation, pakistan, poland, poverty, putin, right, Saakashvili, south ossetia, soviet union, un, united states, usa, war, washington, washington post, water
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The outcome of six grim days of bloodshed in the Caucasus has triggered an outpouring of the most nauseating hypocrisy from western politicians and their captive media. As talking heads thundered against Russian imperialism and brutal disproportionality, US vice-president Dick Cheney, faithfully echoed by Gordon Brown and David Miliband, declared that “Russian aggression must not go unanswered”.
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Also tagged Abkhazia, ANC, Asia, atrocities, bush, cheney, cia, constitution, coup, crisis, democracy, EU, GE, george bush, georgia, guardian, imperialism, independent, independent media, israel, kosovo, McCain, media, MIT, NATO, oil, ossetia, revolution, Saakashvili, south ossetia, soviet union, the Guardian, uk, Ukraine, un, usa, war, washington
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On August 7th, Georgia launched an unprovoked and vicious assault on the capital city of South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, killing perhaps as many 2000 civilians, many of them women, children and old people and destroying much of the city including the main hospital and the university.
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Also tagged Abkhazia, ANC, Asia, BBC, bush, cia, crisis, economy, empire, EU, GE, georgia, independent, iri, israel, italy, left, media, media coverage, MIT, NATO, New York, oil, ossetia, pentagon, private military contractors, propaganda, putin, right, Saakashvili, south ossetia, soviet union, the state, uk, Ukraine, un, us dollar, usa, war
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Putin Walks into a Trap by Mike Whitney: Information Clearing House – ICH
13/08/08 ‘ICH’ — – The American-armed and trained Georgian army swarmed into South Ossetia last Thursday, killing an estimated 2,000 civilians, sending 40,000 South Ossetians fleeing over the Russian border, and destroying much of the capital, Tskhinvali. The attack was unprovoked and took [...]
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The U.S. and Israel have been arming Georgia heavily in recent years. The U.S. and Israel have been sending military advisers to Georgia. There is no doubt in my mind that the U.S. has been, at the very least, “encouraging” Georgia to make a grab for the independent territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia knowing that by doing so they would very well provoke Russia to respond.
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Also tagged Abkhazia, ANC, bush, cnn, cold war, EU, GE, georgia, germany, independent, israel, kosovo, left, media, NATO, occupation, oil, ossetia, poland, referendum, revolution, south ossetia, the Independent, un, usa, war
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