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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 11:33 AM Original message |
Georgia on my Mind... |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. 1991? That conflict goes back to |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. True, the Caucasus is an ethnic soup, with no real viable nation-states. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. Funny that the power brokers behind this are staring each other |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yeah, the irony here is almost grotesque. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. On mine too - Your post is a good summary on the petro-politics at play |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Maybe, maybe not. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yea, a 'black bag' (money) for Putin is probably being prepped by the western oiligarchs |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Essentially yes. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Resource Nationalism - Driven by 'Shock Doctrine' blowback? |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It starts now. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. "we need to sit this one out" |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. The ABM issue needs to die an ignominous death. |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. This whole Georgia/Russo mess is messing with the war with Iran. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The Azerbaijanis have much to gain from a US-Iran war... |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. I was surprised about Russian peacekeepers |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. They are also present between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Biden ended the hearing I posted below saying we're at an inflection point. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Peacekeepers? |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. And were they already there when things flared up? |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Yeah, they've been there since the mid 90's at least. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Precisely. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Those "peace-keepers" should be called what they really are... |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Things aren't that simple there. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
11. Georgia sent lots of troops to Iraq |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I doubt the UN can do anything. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. You know a lot about this already - might be interested in this hearing |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Thanks. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. Russian tanks enter South Ossetia |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. The photographer there is quite talented |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. The British are coming! The British are coming! Not any more they're not. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Aw Crap. |
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