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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:07 AM
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U.S. envoy accuses Russia of planning invasion
Source: Reuters

TBILISI, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Russia prepared in advance for an invasion of Georgia, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matt Bryza told journalists after flying into Tbilisi on Monday.

"We heard statements saying that the Russian railroad troops that entered Abkhazia a couple of months ago were there for a humanitarian mission," he told journalists at the airport.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LB156355.htm
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:11 AM
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1. U.S. envoy accuses Russia of planning
something this administration has obviously never done...
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:11 AM
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2. Where's Dr. Rice on all this? Isn't she the Secretary of State?
Isn't her expertise in Russian affairs?
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:14 AM
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5. She's a dinosauer whose expertise is Soviet affairs. nt
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:14 AM
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3. Russia made Georgia invade Ossetia? Live and learn. nt
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:14 AM
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4. The U.S. has contingency plans for every part of the globe
Edited on Mon Aug-11-08 11:15 AM by daleo
It is hardly a surprise that Russia does too. From the majority of my reading, the Georgian president initiated this action, so it seems disingenuous to claim the Russians planned it all along. They may well be taking advantage of a stupid move by their rivals, though.
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:19 AM
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6. Surprise Surprise
Russia is trying to retake its old territory...
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:22 AM
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7. Perhaps he could also explain
last Thursday's artillery barrage on South Ossetia by Georgia which effectively started this current debacle.
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David Dunham Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:27 AM
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8. This new Cold War will help McCain
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:38 AM
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10. This new debacle will only help the MIC.
With the ME cash cow coming to an end, I'm sure they are more the willing to see this conflict expand.
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:39 AM
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11. If we play this right and don't act like cowards it won't
Edited on Mon Aug-11-08 11:39 AM by Jake3463
Bush got caught with his pants down again. McCain = Bush. That needs to be the message.
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:29 AM
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9. This man
Edited on Mon Aug-11-08 11:31 AM by Turbineguy
is a fucking genius! :think: No wonder he works for the Bush Administration!

OK, I guess I'd better add this: :sarcasm: to dispel any doubt.
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14thColony Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:44 AM
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12. Russia may have had a plan, but they had no trigger
Edited on Mon Aug-11-08 11:44 AM by 14thColony
Until Saakashvili decided to go into South Ossetia guns a-blazing. Talk about giving Russia a casus belli - all it lacked was gift-wrapping and a bow. Did Saakashvili seriously think Russia would not use that as their trigger, especially when the vast majority of South Ossetians are ethnic Russians and Russian Army troops in South Ossetia were directly in the line of fire? Was he nuts?!
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endarkenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:45 AM
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13. No shit.
Who could imagine that a government would actually plan an invasion of another country?
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:46 AM
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16. We've been doing improvisation so long that we forgot about that.
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benld74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:45 AM
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14. The Georgia Domain servers are also getting pounded by unknown attackers
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Tempest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 12:25 PM
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20. Russian hackers
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/11/georgia_ddos_attack_reloaded/
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:45 AM
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15. A responsible military always has plans ready to invade anywhere.
Then when the shit hits the fan, they pull out the file and do it quickly.
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 12:00 PM
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17. Pot, meet kettle.
What a hypocrite.
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izquierdista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 12:11 PM
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18. Just a bit of envy
I can see them at the White House now: "Planning!?! Why didn't we think of that before we invaded Iraq?"
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Tempest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 12:21 PM
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19. U.S. planned Georgia's invasion of South Ossetia in advance
We were training Georgia's military.
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