LanceOregon
Moderator
Well, the tensions between Russia and its now independent former state of Georgia finally spilled over into full scale hostilities today. Russian TV is showing long lines of tanks entering Georgia, as you can see here: ( NOTE the large amount of reactive armor on the Russian tanks )
Georgian troops were also seen moving out in force to meet them, in their hybrid light armored car tanks:
Russian planes are also said to be bombing inside Georgia, and Georgia claims that their military forces have managed to shoot down two Russian attack planes so far today.
What should the position of the US Government be? Should we be at all concerned about this? Bush has been very friendly to Putin's Russia ever since he came into power. Yet, as the past years have gone by, Putin and his party have taken tight control over the country. Independent media has been squashed, with all key media now state controlled. Leaders of opposition parties have been arrested for various crimes, and the country is now getting very close to being a one party system again.
And while Putin stepped down as President to become the Prime Minister, many feel that he still pulls all the strings in the government. And now we see Russia invading a small Democratic nation like Georgia.
Of course, Russia says that they are acting in the self-defense of Russians, and that it is Georgia who is engaging in "ethnic cleansing" of ethnic Russians inside their country. But do you buy this argument? Or could this possibly be an attempt to take back Georgia?
Didn't Hitler claim that ethnic Germans were being mistreated in Austria and Poland??
And if Georgia is taken back, could the much bigger Ukraine possibly be next?
Or is all of this really not that important, and should just be ignored by the World??
Georgia is a rather small and poor nation, and does not have a military strong enough to stand up against Russia's.
What should Bush say today about the country of his dear friend Putin? Or is he too busy courting the Chinese right now, to bother with this??
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Georgian troops were also seen moving out in force to meet them, in their hybrid light armored car tanks:
Russian planes are also said to be bombing inside Georgia, and Georgia claims that their military forces have managed to shoot down two Russian attack planes so far today.
What should the position of the US Government be? Should we be at all concerned about this? Bush has been very friendly to Putin's Russia ever since he came into power. Yet, as the past years have gone by, Putin and his party have taken tight control over the country. Independent media has been squashed, with all key media now state controlled. Leaders of opposition parties have been arrested for various crimes, and the country is now getting very close to being a one party system again.
And while Putin stepped down as President to become the Prime Minister, many feel that he still pulls all the strings in the government. And now we see Russia invading a small Democratic nation like Georgia.
Of course, Russia says that they are acting in the self-defense of Russians, and that it is Georgia who is engaging in "ethnic cleansing" of ethnic Russians inside their country. But do you buy this argument? Or could this possibly be an attempt to take back Georgia?
Didn't Hitler claim that ethnic Germans were being mistreated in Austria and Poland??
And if Georgia is taken back, could the much bigger Ukraine possibly be next?
Or is all of this really not that important, and should just be ignored by the World??
Georgia is a rather small and poor nation, and does not have a military strong enough to stand up against Russia's.
What should Bush say today about the country of his dear friend Putin? Or is he too busy courting the Chinese right now, to bother with this??
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Heck, they could take back most of the RPG-7s that we capture in Iraq.