How the Russia-Georgia war really started...

[elprincipe]

Check out this fascinating article:

http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/2008/08/the-truth-about-1.php

[bmulligan]

Wait, you mean Russia is lying to us? Surely you can't be serious.

[fart_bubble]

holy shit, its bmulligan. Now all we need is Pittsburgh and then have you guys look at level1's topics

[dmaul1114]

Accoring to Vladimir Putin, the US orchestrated the war to benefit one of it's presidential candidates, though he had no evidence to back it up nor said which one.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/28/russia.georgia.cold.war/index.html

Oy, this situation is becoming a disaster with all the progress made since the end of the Cold War on the precipice of going down the toilet....

[Reality's Fringe]

Russia with an Ex-KGB official as a leader?

I can see no problems with that.

[RAMSTORIA]

Oy, this situation is becoming a disaster with all the progress made since the end of the Cold War on the precipice of going down the toilet....

Fool, the cold war didnt end, it just looked different for awhile.

[dafoomie]

Thats as accurate a depiction as I've seen, thats about how I understood it. Though I don't know anything about the 'irregulars' he's talking about.

[dmaul1114]

Fool, the cold war didnt end, it just looked different for awhile.

True. "End" is too strong of a word. But progress had been made and that progress is being severely challenged by current events.

[fatherofcaitlyn]

True. "End" is too strong of a word. But progress had been made and that progress is being severely challenged by current events.

If oil had stayed around $12 a barrel, there wouldn't be a Russia anymore.

[JolietJake]

Russia can't get support from Asia.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_eu/georgia