Posted on 08/12/2008 2:10:58 AM PDT by Flashlight
Russian news reports are quoting President Dmitri Medvedev ordering a halt to Russian military action in Georgia.
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he also said to quell any resistance,sometimes being alive is resisting.
I understand what you are saying and this is heartbreaking (understatement).
” “the goal has been attained”.” “
Hmmmm...
And exactly what was the ‘goal’ of this exercise??
I’ve got a nagging suspicion that this is classic Cold War gamesmanship — reinforcing the ‘lesson’ that Iran taught in the recent Hezbollah takeover in Lebanon:
“Don’t count on America”
The goal(s) THEY set.
Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060412/posts
Russia orders end to operation after bombing of media centre
Times Online ^ | August 12, 2008
Posted on August 12, 2008 3:03:09 AM PDT by Schnucki
Russian warplanes bombed the Georgian city of Gori overnight, hitting a media centre and killing a Dutch television journalist who was in the city to cover the invasion.
At least four other people were killed in the bombardment, which began as the Georgian army and most of the city’s remaining inhabitants fled Gori in disarray believing that Russian troops were about to take the town.
Meanwhile, Georgian authorities said that Russian fighter jets had once again attempted to bomb a strategic oil pipeline, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, which carries fuel from the Caspian Sea to Europe via Georgia.
Georgia fears that the Russian army is now preparing to march on the Georgian capital Tbilisi and topple the government of President Mikhail Saakashvili. An explosion was heard in Tbilisi this morning, heightening fears that Russian MiG fighter jets were about to bomb the city.
Russia dismisses this, saying that the thousands of troops, tanks and artillery that it has poured into Georgia’s two breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in the last few days, and the incursions that they have made into Georgian sovereign territory around them, are merely intended to prevent Georgia from attacking South Ossetia again.
This morning Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian President, appeared to have ordered a halt to the military operation.
Mr Medvedev said that Russia’s military had punished Georgia enough for its attack last week on South Ossetia. “The security of our peacekeepers and civilians has been restored,” Mr Medvedev said. “The aggressor has been punished and suffered very significant losses. Its military has been disorganised.”
The Russian President said that he had, however, ordered the Russian military to continue to defend itself, and to quell any signs of Georgian resistance.
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“Obama commanded Russia to turn back the tanks. And so it was.”
First came the rider of the White Horse. He spoke of bringing peace. And he never sweated. He lifted an air pressure hose and behold! A vast wind arose, and oil spurted from the ground beneath his sandaled feet. The Russian tanks fled before his greatness.
“They demand the resignation of Saakashvili and intend to annex Ossetia and Abkhazia.”
Does anyone have a “Link” to that statement?
“Cold War gamesmanship”
OPINION: Yes.
The original post linking to yahoo reports this.
The horror. They disorganized the Georgian military. More like the Georgians have regrouped into a tenable defensible position around the southern Caucasus range. Obviously the Russian planners had calculated that the Georgian army would be destroyed before it could reach that defensible position.
Thank God! But I can’t believe it could be this easy. Perhaps Russia got more than they bargained for from Europe. I’m sure there’s a lot of pressure behind the scenes. President Bush is so calm and understated. I hope Russia is going to be “punished” financially much more than they have “punished” Georgia. This is much scarier than Iran. Praying they pull out quickly, nobody even thinks about letting them keep any territory, and ships full of aide with “U.S. Govt” stamped all over it arrive quickly.
Medvedev and Sarko are holding a press conference live on the RT feed.....
The price of freedom can never be set too high.
Thanks ;-)
19 minutes ago
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian president: Georgia must pull troops from breakaway regions, pledge to end use of force.
Ahh, so that is the catch, they get to keep those little areas of Georgia.
In other words Russia says we will quit if you give in to our demands
They may threaten to send troops to defend Georgia if Russia make a further push. With U.S. behind the scene. That will make this really messy for Russians. The whole western part of near-abroad ganging up on Russia.
That’s what I read this morning, that the areas in question are not being given up by Russia.
There has been alot of negative things said about this man, but I admire his spirit. I wish we had a few more American spirits like that, but unfortunately we are filled with a bunch of whiners and weenies.
I was watching a program on the History channel last night about the Revolutionary war. I don’t see this country being capable of doing anything like that ever again.
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