[Peace-discuss]Apparently, a different S Ossetian irony

[E. Wayne Johnson]

I am of the opinion that Dick ("So...?") Cheney and comrades are looking 
for the slightest provocation
to justify another "event".

Paul Mueth wrote:
> --- "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
>   
>> "Ossetia was independent of Georgia but was absorbed
>> into the Russian empire 
>> with Georgia, in 1801, and when the Soviet republic
>> of Georgia was formed, 
>> following the revolution of 1917, the southern part
>> of Ossetia became part of 
>> it. 
>>     
>
>
>
> so cheney defends territorial changes defined by the
> Russian Revolution, not Stalin's policies
>
> clearly it's contemporary hegemony that is at stake. .
>
>
> was anyone in Bush gang apprised in advance of the
> attack, .. ?
>
> I've heard and have not been able to confirm that
> georgia is the only state in the world to have both US
> and Russian forces posted there.
>
> US for "training", Russia for "peacekeeping"
>
>  joint military exercises between US and Georgian
> units  were just recently  conducted.
>  Someone might suggest that this was training for the
> Georgian move into S Ossetia that ignited the blood
> letting, and the impasse
>
> It's actually rather frightening .. 
>
>
> cheers,  malgre tout
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