[lbo-talk] South Ossetia

Shane Mage shmage at pipeline.com
Sat Aug 9 08:49:51 PDT 2008


On Aug 9, 2008, at 7:41 AM, Chris Doss wrote:


>
> I love the WSJ. "Perhaps."
>
> Saakashvili has made the perennial mistake of thinking US rhetoric
> translates into US action. I gues naming a street in Tbilisi George
> W Bush Street hasn't paid off. He must be so disappointed.
>
> On a side note, the Chechens did request to send a detachment to
> South Ossetia, but the Kremlin said "no." I hope they follow the
> order.
>
> --- On Sat, 8/9/08, Marvin Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca> wrote:
>
>> US policy, as reflected in the WSJ: "Perhaps Mr.
>> Saakashvili finally snapped
>> and acted first here, as the Kremlin insists.

From the NYT today: "Georgia is a polygot nation, and views both regions [Abkhazia and S. Ossetia] as historically, and inextricably, Georgian. Each, however, had its own language, culture, timeless history and separatist aspirations."

Shane Mage

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