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]

[quote name='dmaul1114']
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....[/QUOTE]

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]

[quote name='RAMSTORIA']Fool, the cold war didnt end, it just looked different for awhile.[/QUOTE]

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

 

[fatherofcaitlyn]

[quote name='dmaul1114']True. "End" is too strong of a word. But progress had been made and that progress is being severely challenged by current events.[/quote]

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