To: Guya, RezoYa'll are new in town, aren't you?
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Posted on 02/04/2005 12:25:20 AM PST by Rezo
The Saakashvili Stalin-like grip
The Saakashvili Stalin-like grip of power is getting tighter with each passing day. The independent observers are comparing the personnel shifts in Georgia to sheer repressions and pointing to the already established dictatorship and obvious signs of authoritarian regime in Georgia. Not only the Saakashvili crusade on non-loyal to him Georgian businessmen testifies to the effect. This is also political and judicial harassment of the ex-officials not supportive of the nationalistic ambitions of their new strongman. This is also lack of any tolerance towards the journalists praising the ‘revolution of roses’ and the presidential command at every corner. Journalists are taking it for serious that freedom of speech is gravely endangered now. Mass media staffers are banned for instance from zones of disputed status in the framework of Georgia-Osetia and Georgia-Abkhazia stand-offs. Their reports on Georgian soldiers’ slaughter towards people belonging to ethnical minorities and articles on human rights abuse in Adzharia are usually shelved. TV outlets’ coverage of Armenians of Javakhetia being oppressed is absent at all. Generally, it makes the impression that Georgian revolution forced the country on the totalitarian way. The president of Georgia has got the false idea of his own importance. He is thinking of himself as of the almighty Stalin. The people of Georgia paved the way for Saakashvili to occupy the presidential chair a year or so ago. He doesn’t care about that people any more. There is only power he is really after. Saakashvili is intoxicated with power. While most Georgians are hardly making both ends meet he is constantly threatening former autonomous regions with militant statements. But the budget of Georgia is too slender both for wars and social payments. Saakashvili is not on the message. He is crazy with the idea of completely subduing the autonomies. He is after power only and not after control. Power unlike control doesn’t entail the responsibility. And again Saakashvili is talking of repressions. According to his voiced plans, when subdued Abkhazia will be left without 70% of Abkhazians destined for other places of living to make ‘favorable living conditions’ for the local Georgians. But Mishiko seems to be unaware of the fact he is only a puppet in the hands of some far more influential figures towering him. If the new Georgian leadership stays under Soros or Miles influence it’ll be unable to secure the integrity of Georgia. The repressions in no way can’t solve the problem.
Many people in Georgia and in its political elite as well are coming to senses to get it. I mean that Misha is pushing his country to the edge of abyss. Misha’s peculiar grin prompted the tag “Dogisvili” we call him in Georgia.
Looks like one of those "word salads" to me.
Same sign up date - Today
You guys wouldn't have the same IP address would you?
Mmmm...word salad.
(Drools expectantly.)
Interesting that we have two different people who just joined today to talk about this. I can't understand most of it except that it looks like Saakashvili is a populist turning into a dictator.
Are you both from Georgia? What do you think about the death of Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania?
What do you two think about the repeated attempts by Russia to illegally annex sovereign Georgian territory, in Adjera, South Ossetia and Abkhazia?
Welcome to Free Republic. Do you happen to be from Georgia (not the one that contains Atlanta)?
I know very little about Georgia, as I only starting paying attention to it since the elections in Ukraine. However, I am opposed to any actions by Russia that would threaten Georgia's sovereignty. And, I am suspicious about the death of Zurab Zhvania.
Georgia has been a mess now for aout a year, it seems. I haven't been paying much attention to it, but this sounds like a bad development. I guess the big question is who is this new Stalin beholden to? Putin? Going to take Georgia back to "the glory days" of the USSR along with Putin, maybe? (I'm glad that Ukraine screwed up their plans!)
Is Saakashvili in fact a "new Stalin"?
Probably roommates. :-)
First of all, he would need to grow a mustache.
Good question for trolls, It is amazing how many newcomers we have recently interested in Caucasus region. Georgian president offered big autonomy for South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Situation in Adjera was solved peacefully, that is great plus for Saakashvili.
Soviets? These guys all write like they are refugees from an Anime storyboard factory.
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