Russia v. Georgia, US Airlift & Naval Manuevers: Should We be Nervous?

[JohnMatrix]

they left poti according to radio france, and Gori as well.

Ummm...not so much. 

Russian troops were deployed in large numbers west of Igoeti, in and around the strategic city of Gori, which endured an intense Russian bombardment during the fighting that began when Georgia attacked the breakaway region of South Ossetia.

Military vehicles on the side of the road were camouflaged with branches and a couple of soldiers slept on stretchers in the shade of the hulking machines.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,405041,00.html


But go ahead...as usual...tell us what the Russians are doing is nothing to be concerned over.

note that i cited a source.  Also note that sources aren't always correct.  Also note that i never said that you should or should not be concerned about anything.

Anyways, thank you for yet another useless post.

[TheSarge]

Anyways, thank you for yet another useless post.

Quite the contrary...I corrected your factually inaccurate post.

[JohnMatrix]

Anyways, thank you for yet another useless post.

Quite the contrary...I corrected your factually inaccurate post.

except I didn't make any claim, i said "according to..." not "it is with absolute certainty that I..."

[Airwolf]

Looks like Putin has more trouble then he bargined for. The Ukraine is starting to take sides and its not on Putins side and they have nukes too.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/2570285/Ukraine-offers-satellite-defence-co-operation-with-Europe-and-US.html

Ukraine offers satellite defence co-operation with Europe and US
Ukraine inflamed mounting East-West tensions yesterday by offering up a Soviet-built satellite facility as part of the European missile defence system.
 
By Damien McElroy in Tbilisi
Last Updated: 11:24AM BST 17 Aug 2008

The proposal, made amid growing outrage among Russia's neighbours over its military campaign in Georgia, could see Ukraine added to Moscow's nuclear hitlist. A Russian general declared Poland a target for its arsenal after Warsaw signed a deal with Washington to host interceptor missiles for America's anti-nuclear shield.

The move came as the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, signed a cease-fire deal that sets the stage for a Russian troop withdrawal after more than a week of warfare with its neighbour Georgia.

[asdf2231]

McClatchy: South Ossetian city Russians said was leveled still standing
 Advertisements [?]South Ossetian city Russians said was leveled still standing
By Tom Lasseter | McClatchy Newspapers


TSKHINVALI, Georgia_ As Russian troops pounded through Georgia last week, the Kremlin and its allies repeatedly pointed to one justification above all others: The Georgian military had destroyed the city of Tskhinvali.

Russian politicians and their partners in Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway region South Ossetia, said that when Georgian forces tried to seize control of the city and the surrounding area, the physical damage was comparable to Stalingrad and the killings similar to the Holocaust.

But a trip to the city on Sunday, without official minders, revealed a very different picture. While it was clear there had been heavy fighting — missiles knocked holes in walls, and bombs tore away rooftops — almost all of the buildings seen in an afternoon driving around Tskhinvali were still standing.

Russian-backed leaders in South Ossetia have said that 2,100 people died in fighting in Tskhinvali and nearby villages. But a doctor at the city's main hospital, the only one open during the battles that began late on Aug. 7, said the facility recorded just 40 deaths.

The discrepancy between the numbers at Tskhinvali's main hospital and the rhetoric of Russian and South Ossetian leaders raises serious questions about the veracity of the Kremlin's version of events. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and other senior officials in Moscow have said the Georgians were guilty of "genocide," prompting their forces to push Georgia's military out of South Ossetia — in a barrage of bombing runs and tanks blasts — and march southeast toward the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, stopping only 25 miles away.

more...

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/48860.html

What a fekking shock this is...  Russians lying through their badly dentured teeth.
 

[asdf2231]

Dead silence from the resident Russian apologist and Soviet fluffer?

[docstew]

Dead silence from the resident Russian apologist and Soviet fluffer?

i guess i wasn't the only one waiting for john to speak up

[JohnMatrix]

Dead silence from the resident Russian apologist and Soviet fluffer?

ok, what do you want me to say?