Comments on: Russian Bomb Blitz Hits Georgian Capital

Overwhelmed By Escalating Russian Offensive, Georgia Pushes For Truce, Says It's Pulling Troops Out Of South Ossetia

[jimmyc1955]

ApprxAm - the Soviet Union feel in the 1980s. The rise of Putin began in the late 1990s. Until the last 3 or 4 years there was no "soviet sphere" to watch - your deluded.

Europe has pushed back at every effort to provide support to former soviet nations that asked. They turned their backs on Putin''s crushing the opposition, jailing politicans who opposed his party.

Your need to blame the US is a waste of time - and pointless.

The US is not permitted to take unilateral action - as you will I am sure agree. When will the UN act? My bet is other than issuing a public condemnation they will do nothing. The EU will say a few harsh words but send messages to Russia saying they won''t oppose the action in Georgia.

Quit with the "Hate repubilicans" *** and start asking what can be done now.

BTW - the Vietnam was was created by Kennedy, escallated by Johnson and ended under Nixon. You will of course blame only Nixon for the war but he inheritted it.

And if you read the Tet offensive history you will find out that it was the last gasp of a North Vietnam that was out of money, troops and weapons. they only kept up the war because US news delcared it a vitory for the VC - I was alive and watched it every night on TV.

[leningrad198]

Saakashvili at given order to fire Tskhinvali systems of volley fire "GRAD" that is inevitable brought to destruction of 2000 peace inhabitants, now impudently says lies in all interview, that in all Russia is guilty. That Russian have attacked to Georgia - full bosh!Is better ask who it is guilty those Tskhinvali inhabitants which it was possible to escape!Saakashvili modern Hitler!!! I''m Russian and believe me know if Russia wished to attack Georgia neither Tbilisi, nor Saakashvili any more would not be...

[apprxam]

Europe can''t do a *** thing because the United States is the European Defense Force, not Europe.

Only America can balance the Russian climb toward domination. But you guys keep talking about hatred and blame. It'' evident who''s in charge. Not McCain, Not Obama, CHENEY.....Maybe Bush.

[apprxam]

Jschmit...what does this have to do with Obama.....freak that...this is the now, man.

Bush is asleep at the wheel!

[leningrad198]

Saakashvili at given order to fire Tskhinvali systems of volley fire "GRAD" that is inevitable brought to destruction of 2000 peace inhabitants, now impudently says lies in all interview, that in all Russia is guilty. That Russian have attacked to Georgia - full bosh! Is better ask who it is guilty those Tskhinvali inhabitants which it was possible to escape!Saakashvili modern Hitler!!! I''m Russian and believe me know if Russia wished to attack Georgia neither Tbilisi, nor Saakashvili any more would not be... Sorry for my english!

[ndjam]

jimmyc1955
I agree with you 100%. This is a coward who blames everything on Bush now, then they''ll blame Obama next. Russia has hated the U.S always and they always will. Russia is weeks away from being on fire themselves when Ukraine, and the Northern Caucases Mujahideen from Chechnya and Daghestan come to the aid of Georgia. The guerrilla warfare will hit Moscow soon.

[apprxam]

Jimmy, that''s forced patriotism and it''s BS.

Turn the page on that America First quote book you''re reading.

Russia is real and the United States has dealt with them as if they were a joke. I''m no Reagan fan, but he kept his senile-a$$ eyes on the REAL political issues revoloving the Soviet sphere. You just spouting "Rushisms". No sensical country music about feigned treason and the such.

Veitnam wasn''t lost because American didn''t beleive in "freedom". We lost Vietnam because we underestimate the enemy and tried to force a system of democracy they didn''t really want.

Stop fooling yourself

[jimmyc1955]

ApprxAm - We all saw it coming. Bush is an a**h0le because he trusted Putin.

Now - so what??? Where was Europe?? Appeasing Putin by pressuring NATO not to accept Georgia''s application to join - same as they are ignoring applications by eastern European nations to join the UN. They appease Putin every chance they get and somehow it''s always Bushes fault.

My point isn''t to justify Bush but to point out Europe must act. You sound like ONLY the US can act. but unilateral action is evil - we have been told so. The UN must approve action and the EU must approve.

I will wager dollars to donuts neither does anything but click their tounges.

[jschmidt27]

ApprxAm- can''t tellif you''d like to see the US help out the Georgians or are you just saying Bush doesn;t support the friends of the US. Because if Obama gets in you''ll really see someone who will not aid anyone for fear of someone damaging a thumbnail. If Obama gets in our allies should not expect any help from a person with no experience and no leadership skills.

[summarex]

I can''t help but wonder. Given the deviant idiots running around Washington, is it possible that someone suggested to the Georgians that now would be an auspicious time to "liberate" Ossetia. Of course tensions with Russia would help McCain!

If so, I wonder what will happen when the Georgians start to realize they have been played for idiots.

[jimmyc1955]

Your a blind fool. You will spit at Bush and rail against wasted opportunity but you only aid the likes of Russia. By blaming Bush you absolve Russia and blame Georgia for this event.

Bush is totally beside the point. He will be gone in 5 months - Russia will be on to the next country by then. The UN is toothless and useless. NATO must stand up and Europe must stand up. We should advocate the EU take very strong and direct action.

But you would rather sit in your coffee shop agreeing with all your enlighted friends it''s Bush''s fault while you sip your $5 lattee''s and read your morning NYT in the satisfaction you were right - but as always useless.

[apprxam]

Jimmy, you''re ignoring one glaring issue. If Russia is the bad re-newed kid-on-the-block, who was watching? Canada? Fiji? The Realist Perspective requires a balanced approach to hegemonic accension. The United States being the only capable nation to do so, failed. And so has your friend Bush. THis isn''t hatred, it''s objective fact. You don''t want to see that then fine. But protecting them is pathetic! (9/11; Iraq; Afghanistani backslide; Iran''s new found influence; failed progress in Iraeli/Palestinian peace; highAss oil/gas; record budget crisis)

Jimmy....come on....COME ON! COme back to the light.

[jimmyc1955]

cdfoxtrot2 - Well that was completely useless and beside the point. Russia has been agitating in Georgia for years, supplied weapons and support to sepratists, handed out passports to anybody who walked by and is now Bombing the Georgian capital. This is military conquest.

Your blind hatred is keeping you from seeing this as raw aggresion by Putin. But rather than pointing at him you blame Bush??!! So Putin is totally innocent in bombing the Georgian capitol?

For God''s sake open your eyes and quit seeing everything as "bushes fault." The longer you ignore tyrants like Putin, Chavez and others the more they will grab and the harder it will be to defend yourself.

Your comments about the UN are illuminating. It depends on it''s member nations to "do its bidding." So it''s not that the nations agree to act but act on instructions of the UN. Everybody knows the UN has no troops but the UN has no spine either. And like all UN actions lacks a valid purpose or goal. It will not defend the poor - just look at the genocide committed in Bosnia that UN troops witnessed but were prevented from stopping.

Israel and Lebanon is an completely different issue. Hezubulla was in Lebanon but no Lebanese. After months of rocket attackes Israel attacked.

[mr2258]

The eyes of the world are on Russia.They need to end this now or be willing to pay the ultimate price.

[jimmyc1955]

cdfoxtrot2 - Well that was completely useless and beside the point. Russia has been agitating in Georgia for years, supplied weapons and support to sepratists, handed out passports to anybody who walked by and is now Bombing the Georgian capital. This is military conquest.

Your blind hatred is keeping you from seeing this as raw aggresion by Putin. But rather than pointing at him you blame Bush??!! So Putin is totally innocent in bombing the Georgian capitol?

For God''s sake open your eyes and quit seeing everything as "bushes fault." The longer you ignore tyrants like Putin, Chavez and others the more they will grab and the harder it will be to defend yourself.

Your comments about the UN are illuminating. It depends on it''s member nations to "do its bidding." So it''s not that the nations agree to act but act on instructions of the UN. Everybody knows the UN has no troops but the UN has no spine either. And like all UN actions lacks a valid purpose or goal. It will not defend the poor - just look at the genocide committed in Bosnia that UN troops witnessed but were prevented from stopping.

Israel and Lebanon is an completely different issue. Hezubulla was in Lebanon but no Lebanese. After months of rocket attackes Israel attacked.

[apprxam]

"I''''m hearing that the routed Georgian soldiers are complaining about betrayal by the their friends Americans''

Posted by summarex

Well, when coalition forces see how Bush treats it friend, maybe their pulling out of Iraq will hasten ours.

What a criminal waste of goodwill and absolutely bad policy analysis by the NEOCLOWNS at AEI and the Heritage Foundation. It''s as if Fife, Krystol and the other weakling right-wing intellectuals got paid to get it wrong. Well, I guess John McBUsh will fix everything.

[babooph]

Looks like the 2000 "advisors" teaching Georgia "Bush torture tech" didn''t scare the Russians any more than the suicide bombers.

[apprxam]

"Why is this just the US''''s responsibility? Where is the UN - that bastion of protection of national sovereignty?"

Jimmy C

The UN that the NeoClowns, John Bolton and Cheney/ Rumsfeld tried to destroy and Flush LimpButt extolled RePugnaCon to ignore on the path to this dumb*ss war.

International Law isn''t law; it''s rules that one can follow or ignore. Russia, if not responding rationally, is doing just what "old Europe" Rumsfeld did in 2003.

[cdfoxtrot2]

Why is this just the US''''s responsibility? Where is the UN - that bastion of protection of national sovereignty? Where are the European nations who just 20 years ago quaked at the edge of the Iron Curtain who have watched Putin rebuild the soviet system, prison camps, the gulaug, secret police and imprisionment of the opposition and chosen to ignore it.

Why aren''''t they standing up and sending aid? I thought liberals hated unilateral action - are you advocating the US fly troops and hardware to Georgia?

Posted by Jimmyc1955


Silly, ignorant comment about the UN. The UN has no army. It depends on the most powerful of its members to do its bidding.

US foreign policy under Bush has caused this. Russia has endured one provocation after another under Bush and has decided enough is enough.

BTW, did you and your buddies say anything two years ago when Israel bombed civilian areas in Lebanon?? That was okay but this isn''t? America''s hypocrisy is what makes the rest of the world not listen to America.

[vietnam21]

Ukraine warned Russia on Sunday it could bar Russian navy ships from returning to their base in the Crimea because of their deployment to Georgia''s coast.

thank you Ukrain, just remember if Georgia belong to Russia, the oil pipe line will shut off any time Russian want it too.