NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-10-08 03:10 PM
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Russia is bombing the shit out of a U.S. ally and Bush does nothing
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hV2N6fVKS5slf10A13Dj...
Russia expands bombing blitz in Georgia
By DAVID NOWAK – 2 hours ago
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Russia expanded its bombing blitz Sunday against neighboring U.S.-allied Georgia, targeting the country's capital for the first time while Georgian troops pulled out of the breakaway province of South Ossetia, as Russia has demanded.
Georgia's Security Council chief Alexander Lomaia says that Georgian troops have relocated to new positions outside South Ossetia.
"They are outside the region entirely," he said in a telephone conference.
Russia has demanded that Georgia pull out its troops from South Ossetia as a condition to negotiate a cease-fire. It also urged Georgia to sign a pledge not to use force against South Ossetia as another condition for ending hostilities.
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said that Moscow now needs to verify the Georgian withdrawal. "We must check all that. We don't trust the Georgian side," he said.
Russian jets raided a plant on the eastern outskirts of Tbilisi that builds Su-25 ground jets used in the conflict by Georgia, a U.S. ally whose troops have been trained by American soldiers. The attack damaged runways but caused no casualties, said Georgia's Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3770069&mesg_id=3770069 Well, I can sort of see it. Russians look enough like white people for DU to approve their death by war.
Honestly, DU, make up your mind. Let me help you with your own criteria:
1. Russia had nothing to do with 9/11. It's only mouthbreathing knuckledragging fundies that think Russia had something to do with 9/11.
2. Russia did nothing to us. Who are we to invade and occupy their land? That would be a WAR CRIME.
3. All war is bad. We should give Russia whatever it wants. We should send UN inspectors in. We should enlist the help of Jesse Jackson to mediate a peaceful solution.
Extra irony points for taking a gander at the OP's avatar.
