What? Where? Who? Hunh?
"Georgian Leader Says Emergency Rule to Last as Needed" by MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and ANDREW E. KRAMER
TBILISI, Georgia, Nov. 10 — Anticipating demands from a senior American diplomat that he immediately lift a state of emergency, President Mikheil Saakashvili said Saturday that the emergency decree would remain in effect as long as the Georgian government deemed it necessary.
Did he just flip us the bird?
In comments broadcast on Georgian state television, Mr. Saakashvili said he would probably lift the decree within days, but said he would not be influenced by “somebody’s recommendation” in making that decision:
“We know better what is good for Georgia."
Little uppity, ain't he?
Instability in Georgia is a potential threat to an important oil pipeline from the Caspian basin through Georgia and Turkey that serves world markets. There are deeper complaints about the president’s rule, with some saying he is unwilling to negotiate with the opposition and is doing too little to combat poverty.
Oh, now I understand why this is making the news: O-I-L!!!
And does that sound like an American leader we all know and hate?
The din of criticism from the West continued Saturday. Officials with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a group with considerable weight in assessing progress toward democracy of former Eastern bloc countries, issued a darkly worded warning to the Georgian government at a news conference.
Matyas Eorsi, an envoy from the Assembly in Georgia, flatly accused Mr. Saakashvili’s government of violating principles of democratic governance by dispersing demonstrators with truncheons, shutting down independent television stations and declaring a state of emergency.
Better never happen in the West then!
Mr. Saakashvili’s government has insisted that Wednesday’s police response was necessary to avert a coup.
Shota Utiashvili, the head of the Interior Ministry’s Department of Analysis, adding that there were fears that protesters would attempt to storm the Parliament building in an interview:
“In general, we think the actions of the police were adequate in proportion to the dangers.”
They FEARED the people like a GOVERNMENT SHOULD!
Of course, protesters are peaceful and non-violent, and are now in campaign mode.
This just one more state lie. Same everywhere!
