Posted on 08/19/2008 11:38:53 PM PDT by Schnucki
The United States has accused Russia of targeting civilians in its conflict with Georgia and said Moscow wants to strangle Tbilisi, the latest in a steadily escalating stream of criticism from Washington.
"It's becoming more and more the outlaw in this conflict," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said of Russia in an interview with CBS Evening News yesterday.
"They intend and probably still do intend to strangle Georgia and its economy," she told CBS in the interview in Brussels, where she attended a NATO meeting on the crisis.
Ms Rice said Russia had used its overwhelming force to beat up a small neighbor and former Soviet republic.
"Well, that's what they've done - wanton destruction of civilian infrastructure, reports of the use of munitions that should never be used against civilians, the harassment along highways of legitimate comers, the closing of the Port of Poti, which is now starting to affect neighboring states," she said.
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Of course they targeted civilians...just look at the pictures....there is not one apartment building that wasnt hit by a tank round.....
Scorched Earth.
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