REPORT: Putin declares War has started with Georgia

[rpfan2008]

Russia is trying to maintain their access to the Black Sea. I feel that Russians will soon attack and siege the Georgian capital by opening a second front. They might also try to create yet another buffer zone between Rus-Gor.

 

[CasualApathy]

More, including Russian response:

Putin was at a meeting with U.S. President Bush in Beijing, where they attended a luncheon for world leaders hosted by the Chinese president ahead of the Olympics, which begin Friday.

"There are lots of volunteers being gathered in the region, and it's very hard to withhold them from taking part. A real war is going on," Putin said, according to his spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.

Russian peacekeepers are in South Ossetia under a 1992 agreement by Russian, Georgian, and South Ossetian authorities to maintain what has been a fragile peace. The mixed peacekeeping force also includes Georgian and South Ossetian troops.

"The Georgian leadership has launched a dirty adventure," said a statement from Russia's Defense Ministry on Friday. "We will not leave our peacekeepers and Russian citizens unprotected."

Saakashvili said the Russian invasion of South Ossetia was pre-planned.
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"These troops that are in Georgia now -- they didn't come unexpectedly," the president told CNN. "They had been amassing at the border for the last few months. They claimed they were staging exercises there and as soon as a suitable pretext was found, they moved in."

 

[Rangeley]

It seems like our controlled media is blacking this out as well. I'm watching stories about Bill Clinton's role at the convention, Dick Cheney to speak at the RNC, Detroit Mayor Jailed, Israel pressuring Iran.

Nothing about Georgia. Out of sight, out of mind, right?

Yea, whats with that? It is getting coverage online as the top story for all the news sites, but no tv stations are covering it.

 

[Drknows]

...or deny our greedy asses one...

I agree something is fishy about all this and on the eve of the Olympics. and on 08-08-08 too..

But check out the Timeline this conflict has been brewing for a long time.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7548715.stm

SOUTH OSSETIA TIMELINE
1991-92 S Ossetia fights war to break away from newly independent Georgia; Russia enforces truce
2004 Mikhail Saakashvili elected Georgian president, promising to recover lost territories
2006 S Ossetians vote for independence in unofficial referendum
April 2008 Russia steps up ties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia
July 2008 Russia admits flying jets over S Ossetia; Russia and Georgia accuse each other of military build-up
7 August 2008 After escalating Georgian-Ossetian clashes, sides agree to ceasefire
8 August 2008 Heavy fighting erupts overnight, Georgian forces close on Tskhinvali

 

[CasualApathy]

Interview with Georgian President:

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/08/08/intv.saakashvili.cnn

 

[ItsTime]

cnn just now... full "values" propaganda from Georgia president saying that Russia is attacking USA values. Now talking heads are saying Georgia is part of Americas interest. Basically saying we should go and help.

 

[Fox McCloud]

cnn just now... full "values" propaganda from Georgia president saying that Russia is attacking USA values. Now talking heads are saying Georgia is part of Americas interest. Basically saying we should go and help.

There was a radio talk show host that mentioned if this happens we're going to be be in quite a quagmire, since we've backed Georgia for a while now, and if Russia invades.....big mess.

Either way, this is not good, not good at all.

 

[brandon]

cnn just now... full "values" propaganda from Georgia president saying that Russia is attacking USA values. Now talking heads are saying Georgia is part of Americas interest. Basically saying we should go and help.

More evidence that Russia's motives are to deny us a strategic position in the "WOT"

 

[Dary]

Richard Holbrook just said on CNN that the U.S. needs to take the lead in defending Georgia.

 

[ItsTime]

Richard Holbrook just said on CNN that the U.S. needs to take the lead in defending Georgia.

This crap makes my blood boil. I cant watch the propaganda anymore. Since Ron Paul stopped running for president I have had to stop watching MSM. The propaganda is so much more clear now than before.

 

[New York For Paul]

We will see if any NATO or US submarines pop up in the black sea and start firing cruise missles. Of course that might complicate plans for any Iranian attack in the future. Maybe that is why they are doing this now.

 

[CasualApathy]

Wow, the US actually has a chance to aid Georgia in a legitimate "Just war" of self-defense.

 

[ItsTime]

Wow, the US actually has a chance to aid Georgia in a legitimate "Just war" of self-defense.

If it is true that Russia attacked and not that Georgia was attacking.

 

[Agent Chameleon]

I shall pray for the people of Georgia and Russia.

And pray that we don't get involved.

 

[klamath]

This shows why NATO's time should have been over and even more that it should have never been expanded to loose canon countries in the area.

 

[TER]

Maybe this is the US gift offering to Russia in order for them to not interfere with the upcoming bombing of IRAN.

 

[armstrong]

we are playing chess while sitting at the poker table , who has the best bluff ? I will let you see both my hands and while you looking you will not see what my friends have put in place, and you will not find out about it for a time to come. Times like this shows us why Dr. Ron Paul says mind our own buisness and protect our shores and trade with others ,,we are not the policeman of the world.

 

[Drknows]

Richard Holbrook just said on CNN that the U.S. needs to take the lead in defending Georgia.

Our fate is in the hands of CNN journalism. I always knew this is how it would begin. WW3 people.

 

[acptulsa]

And what is Yahoo carrying on about as all hell breaks loose?

First photos of Olympic Opening Ceremony
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Move along folks. Nothing to see here...

 

[pacelli]

Richard Holbrook just said on CNN that the U.S. needs to take the lead in defending Georgia.

Isn't Holbrooke a Bilderberg attendee?