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Blairwatch has a confidential correspondent inside Georgia, who sent us the following report, mainly focusing on the humanitarian crisis. We will shortly have another report and photos from Gori Georgia Update: When the USSR fell, 1 civilian war and 2 wars – in districts of Georgia – Abkhazia and South Osetia began. As a result [...] The attacks apparently were directed by Russian sites. From the comments on Schneier.com I’ve noticed, as others have on slashdot a large drop in email spam since these cyber attacks – maybe the Georgian’s were big spammers until they got hit – or maybe the Russians took their guns off us while they attacked Georgia. [...] Molly Mew takes an anarchist view of the Georgia war, proclaiming neutrality in wars between states, and hopes against hope that the US Left doesn’t do its usual knee jerk reaction and mindlessly back whoever George Bush opposes. Yeah, that’s showing real independent, critical thinking, isn’t it? George Bush is bad so Putin must [...] Paul Krugman in the NY Times The war in Georgia isn’t that big a deal economically. But it does mark the end of the Pax Americana — the era in which the United States more or less maintained a monopoly on the use of military force. And that raises some real questions about the future [...] “Condoleezza Rice forces deal on Georgia to end the war” says the headline. Except, she hasn’t forced anything because the Russians have no intention of leaving nor are they signatories on the deal. Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, warned Russia that it must withdraw its troops behind the boundaries of two disputed Georgian [...] The Americans are threatening to have Russia expelled from the WTO and G8. But this may be a serious overestimation of the American’s own influence over these bodies. What the Americans seem unable to detect is that the wind is changing. Georgian Villages in South Ossetia burnt, looted Russian forces sink Georgian ships US forces to be sent to Georgia Talk about an escalation: Bush is sending in the navy and the airforce. You would have to be dead from the neck up to think that this is just about ‘delivering humanitarian aid’. You don’t need [...] This is a Grad launcher. Georgia used them in their initial assault in an urban area against a province they claim as their own. Madness. This is not some faux-conflict that was ginned up by John McCain and the neoconservatives as some kind of electoral season strategy. And, even if it was (and it’s not) it’s gone far beyond that now. I can hear the Left now laughing at Asmus and Holbrooke’s audacity in accusing Russia of neo-imperial policies. [...] BBC News was fired on while reporting from the front lines in Georgia. The image is from the same report. From DealBreaker, a serious, non-snarky (and for them, being non-snarky is quite unusual!) discussion of what’s happening in Georgia. Who started it? JR: “De jure, the Georgians. De facto, the Russians. No, really — [...] |  | ||||
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