But then I went to the web to find them, and what was in my local Sunday paper had been ALL HACKED UP on the web?
WTF is with the AP CENSORSHIP and REWRITES?!
Then it occurred to me: AP must have propaganda paragraphs that must be sitting around in a database, and the AP "reporters" can just paste them into a story anywhere they want!
It is the only thing that explains the CONSTANT REWRITES and REEDITS I FIND!!!
So what I am going to do is post the pieces the way they were presented to me, with commentaries interspersed.
"Bush tells Russia to get out of Georgia
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - President Bush warned Russia on Saturday against trying to pry loose two separatist regions in Georgia and said Moscow must end military operations in the West-leaning democracy that once was part of the Soviet empire.
Bush told reporters at his Texas ranch that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's signing of a cease-fire plan with Georgia was "a hopeful step.'' But Russia's vision of Georgia without the provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia was a nonstarter, the president said.
"These regions are a part of Georgia and the international community has repeatedly made clear that they will remain so,'' said Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at his side. "There's no room for debate on this matter.''
Another absolutist Sith position taken by the Dark Lord's consort!!!
The long-simmering dispute over those breakaway areas turned to war this month after Georgia launched a massive barrage to try to take control of South Ossetia. The Russian army quickly overwhelmed the Georgian forces and drove deep into its neighbor.
Which STARTED the WHOLE THING!
Russia's attack has caused serious strains in relations with the West and heightened fears in the young democracies of Eastern Europe.
Bush discussed the situation for nearly an hour with Rice, who arrived at the ranch around 5:30 a.m. local time from a quick trip to Georgia. They were joined via secured videoconference from Washington by other members of Bush's national security team, including Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and national security adviser Stephen Hadley.
So as the AmeriKan sheeple suck up the summer, THIS SITUATION is SERIOUS!!
This is a WWIII-type meeting, folks!!!
The Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, said this past week that Georgia could "forget about'' getting back South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which sympathize with Moscow. Medvedev recently met at the Kremlin with leaders from those regions, raising the prospect Russia could absorb them.
Bush countered that Georgia's borders need to be respected.
The invader of two nations and servant of Israel said that?
He said the U.N. Security Council had passed numerous resolutions based on the premise that South Ossetia and Abkhazia remain within Georgia and that international negotiations seek to resolve conflicts in those areas. "Russia itself has endorsed these resolutions,'' Bush said.
Right, UN resolutions. (Blog author shaking his head)
The chilling of relations between Washington and Moscow comes as the U.S. is sealing the deal on a missile shield in Europe - an issue already unraveling ties between the two former Cold War foes. Poland and the U.S. signed an agreement Thursday for Poland to accept a missile interceptor base as part of a system the U.S. says is aimed at blocking attacks by adversaries such as Iran. The missile deal awaits approval by Poland's parliament and signing by Rice during a future visit to Warsaw, possibly in the week ahead.
Moscow feels it is aimed at Russia's missile force. A Russian general was quoted by Interfax News Agency on Friday as saying that by deploying the system, Poland is "exposing itself to a strike - 100 percent.''
Keeping up the pressure on Russia, Rice plans to go to Belgium this coming week for meetings with the foreign ministers of NATO allies and European Union officials to underscore support for Georgia. Bush, who discussed Georgia in calls Saturday to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Latvia President Valdis Zatlers, is expected to continue his telephone diplomacy while on vacation.
Translation: This is a big deal. Has a WWIII quality to it, doesn't it?
At the request of Georgian President Mikhail Saakshvili, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden, D-Del., scheduled a trip to Georgia this weekend for meetings with government officials as well as citizens forced to flee their homes.
Rice says the time had come to talk about the consequences Russia should suffer as a result of its actions in Georgia, yet she declined to possible repercussions it could face.
At the end, perhaps the only thing Russia will have proved is that "they can use their overwhelming regional military power to beat up on a small neighbor,'' she said.
Oh, she is a DETESTABLE CREATURE!!!! I got THREE WORDS for you, bitch:
AmeriKa, IRAQ and ISRAEL!!!!
"I don't think that's actually a very good place from which to proceed on an argument that Russia ought to be considered a responsible member of the international system.''
The ARROGANT CHUTZPAH is really BEYOND BELIEF!!!
When the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia in the 1960s, it occupied the capital, overthrew the government and paid no consequence because it did not care about its international standing, Rice said. "That's not Russia of 2008,'' she said, adding that Medvedev recently outlined a forward-looking strategy for Russia and its further integration into the international economy. "That's at stake.''
Then the U.S. and Israel must not care about theirs either huh?
And what is at stake, of course, is not Russian integration with the world -- it is the NEO-CON PLAN of WORLD DOMINATION!!!!
The cease-fire deal, which Saakshvili signed Friday after lengthy talks with Rice, calls for both Russian and Georgian forces to pull back to positions they held before fighting erupted Aug. 8.
Russian forces withdrew Saturday from the center of a town not far from Tbilisi, the capital. But Lavrov suggested there would be no immediate broader withdrawal. Lavrov said Russia would strengthen its peacekeeping contingent in South Ossetia, and that afterward, Russian forces sent in to handle the conflict would be withdrawn.
Asked how much time that would take, he responded: "As much as is needed.''
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Well, at least I found that article intact. Not so lucky on the next try.
"Russian forces still entrenched in Georgia
IGOETI, Georgia - Russian forces built ramparts of earth around tanks and posted sentries on a hill in central Georgia on Saturday, seemingly digging in despite Western pressure for Moscow to withdraw its troops under a cease-fire deal signed by Russia's president.
The United States and France said Russia appeared to be defying the truce already. Russian troops still controlled two Georgian cities Saturday, cities well outside the breakaway provinces where earlier fighting was focused.
Well, it didn't take the Zionist media long to start screaming that one.
Of course, when Israel or AmeriKa break a truce, you never hear about it (because the MSM covers it up and makes it appear as "aggression" from an "enemy.")
"From my point of view - and I am in contact with the French - the Russians are perhaps already not honouring their word," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.
US President George W. Bush sternly warned Russia that it cannot lay claim to two separatist regions in U.S.-backed Georgia even though their sympathies lie with Moscow. "There is no room for debate on this matter," Bush told reporters at his Texas ranch.
I do get tired of seeing the same quotes in different articles day after day after day.
Like I said, it is a PATCH and PASTE job down at the AP!!!
But Georgia's Foreign Ministry accused Russian army units and separatist fighters in one of the regions, Abkhazia, of taking over 13 villages and the Inguri hydropower plant Saturday, shifting the border of the Black sea province toward the Inguri River. Abkhaz officials could not immediately be reached for comment on the late-night claim, and there was no information on whether the seizure involved violence.
Like the Zionist press tried to reach them!
The villages and plant are in a UN-established buffer zone on Abkhazia's edge, and it appeared that the separatists were bolstering their control over the zone after Russian-backed fighters forced Georgians out of their last stronghold in Abkhazia earlier this week.
The tense peace pact in Georgia, a US ally that has emerged as a proxy for conflict between an emboldened Russia and the West, calls for both Russian and Georgian forces to pull back to positions they held before fighting erupted Aug. 7 in the other breakaway province, South Ossetia in central Georgia.
But freshly dug positions of Russian armor in the town of Igoeti, about 50km west of the capital Tbilisi, showed that Russia was observing the truce at the pace and scope of its choosing.
Of course, when the US meanders in Iraq, that's OK!
And now, a whole bunch of add-ins that were not in the article my local printed:
Earlier, Russian forces had dug shallow foxholes in the middle of Igoeti and parked tanks, one flying a Russian flag, along the road. In the afternoon, they withdrew from those positions to the town's western outskirts. There, they set up defensive positions with tank cannons pointed back toward Georgian-held territory, where police and soldiers milled about, awaiting the next move of their stronger adversary.
Russian troops were deployed in large numbers west of Igoeti, in and around the strategic city of Gori, their endured an intense Russian bombardment during the fighting that began when Georgia attacked South Ossetia. Military vehicles on the side of the road were camouflaged with branches and a couple of soldiers slept on stretchers in the shade of the hulking machines.
Near Igoeti, a Georgian journalist photographed a Russian armored personnel carrier that had broken down and was set afire by its occupants, who preferred to destroy it rather than let it fall into the hands of the Georgians.
Like what the U.S. does in Iraq!
We destroy equipment so insurgents can't get their hands on them.
Tired of the double-standards yet?
Russian troops effectively control the main artery running through the western half of Georgia, because they surround the central city of Gori and the city and air base of Senaki in the west. Both cities sit on the main east-west highway that slices through two Georgian mountain ranges.
Controlling Senaki, their sits on a key intersection, also means the Russians are blocking access to the Black Sea port city of Poti and the road north to another breakaway region, Abkhazia. AP reporters have seen Russian troops there for days but noted a growing contingent Saturday, and artillery guns and tanks pointed out from the city, their they appear to be using as a base for their sorties elsewhere in western Georgia.
An Associated Press Television News team saw Russian soldiers pulling out of the Black Sea port of Poti after sinking Georgian naval vessels and ransacking the port. A picture of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in the looted office of the navy and coast guard had been vandalized, with the face scratched out.
"They have robbed the military base and taken almost everything, and they have burned or sunk the stuff they could not carry," port worker Zurab Simonia said.
Russian forces have been moving in and out of Poti in recent days. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov suggested there would be no immediate broader withdrawal and said that Russia would strengthen its peacekeeping contingent in South Ossetia.
Wow, what a WAR WHORE AP is!!!!
Now back to where my local picks up the story:
Lavrov confirmed that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the cease-fire deal and ordered its implementation, but he said Russian troops would not withdraw until Moscow is satisfied that security measures it forces are allowed to take under the agreement are effective.
"As these additional security measures are taken, the units of the Russian armed forces that were sent into the zone of the South Ossetian conflict ... will be withdrawn," he said.
Asked how much time it would take, he responded: "As much as is needed."
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And that is where my local stops picking that article up; however, why must I GO SOMEWHERE ELSE to get what is the NEXT PARAGRAPH in my local paper that I am STARING AT RIGHT NOW?
Why the CENSORSHIP GAMES on the WEB, AP?
Rice bristled at this, saying that the text of the cease-fire agreement, negotiated by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the current leader of the European Union, outlined a very limited mandate only for Russian peacekeepers who were in Georgia at the time hostilities escalated. She said the agreement specifies that these initial peacekeepers can have limited patrols in a prescribed area within the conflict zone and would not be allowed to go into Georgian urban areas or tie up a cross-country highway.
Well, WHO REALLY GIVES a SHIT how the WAR PRINCESS felt, huh?
According to Rice, Medvedev told Sarkozy that the minute the Georgian president signed the cease-fire agreement, Russian forces would begin to withdraw.
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And why not throw today's pick-up into the mix, huh?
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) — The United States on Sunday accused Russia of stalling its military pullback in Georgia, but the Bush administration is not rushing to repudiate Moscow for its actions.
The White House is struggling to figure out the best way to penalize Russia. It doesn't want to deeply damage existing cooperation on many fronts or discourage Moscow from further integrating itself into global economic and political institutions. At the same time, U.S. officials say Russia can't be allowed to get away with invading its neighbor.
But USreal always is!!!!
Fighting broke out after Georgia launched a massive barrage Aug. 7 to try to take control of the separatist province of South Ossetia, which is heavily influenced by Russia.
Notice how the pro-Georgian AmeriKan MSM NEVER uses the word INVASION?
The Russian army quickly overwhelmed Georgia's forces, then drove deep into the country, bombed Georgian ports and military installations and tied up an east-west highway through the nation.
The New York Times, citing anonymous U.S. officials who were familiar with intelligence reports, reported Sunday that the Russian military moved missile launchers into South Ossetia on Friday.
Pffft! The NYT said, huh?
I'll give it all the consideration it's due, readers. pffffffffffffttttt!!!!
The U.S. officials told the Times that Russia deployed several SS-21 missile launchers to positions north of Tskhinvali, the South Ossetian capital. That would put the missiles within range of Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, the Times reported on its Web site.
These the same U.S. officials that said Iraq had WMD?
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who briefed President Bush on the fast-changing crisis over the weekend at his Texas ranch, said, "There's no doubt there will be further consequences" to Russia. She returned to Washington on Sunday and is flying to Brussels, Belgium, on Monday to talk with NATO allies about what message the West should send to Russia.
Rice is then flying to Warsaw, Poland, where she will sign a formal agreement with Poland for the establishment of a missile interceptor site there. Moscow has protested the U.S. plans for such a base so close to its borders.
Russia can't use "disproportionate force" against Georgia and still be welcomed into the halls of international institutions, Rice said. "It's not going to happen that way," she said. "Russia will pay a price."
She is really a disgusting person!!!!
But neither Rice nor Defense Secretary Robert Gates would be specific about what punitive actions the U.S. or the international community might take. "We're going to take our time and assess what further consequences there should be to the relationship," Rice said.
Translation: Don't worry, we are planning some sort of provocation!!!!
The United States wants to take a tough stance against Russia, but there is much at stake. "The facts are that the United States has to work with Russia on Iran, on nuclear problems of proliferation, on a whole raft of trade issues at a time in which the United States has a huge domestic deficit," said Sen. Richard Lugar, the senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
And holding open the prospect of taking steps against Russia gives the United States some leverage in pushing Russia to withdraw from Georgia.
Pffft. (Blog author stunned and hurt by the lying)
The U.S. has NO LEVERAGE in the area at all anymore, because THE WORLD KNOWS what we are up to!!!!
But nothing is expected to happen in a hurry, and the United States doesn't want to turn the conflict into a fight between the former Cold War rivals.
BULLSHIT!!!!
"There is no need to rush into everything," Gates said. "We don't want to do it unilaterally. I think there needs to be a strong, unified response to Russia to send the message that this kind of behavior, characteristic of the Soviet period, has no place in the 21st century," he said.
Says the DefSec for the invaders of Iraq and Afghanistan.
And WE COULDN'T DO IT by OURSELVES, even if you psychos wanted, Gates!
Asked whether Russia should be kicked out of the Group of Eight major industrialized states, or whether it should be kept from joining the World Trade Organization, Gates replied vaguely, saying the U.S. and its allies can choose from a broad menu of possible punitive steps. Russia already is feeling repercussions, he said.
After a while, this shit gets tiresome.
I don't think the Russians give a shit about your New World Order, assholes!!!!
"The whole world is looking at Russia through a different set of lenses than just a week and a half or two weeks ago, so there are already consequences," Gates said. "I think they may not appreciate the magnitude of those consequences yet. The longer they take to get out and to observe the cease-fire that's been declared and the arrangements that have been worked out, I think the greater those consequences will be."
How about LOOKING in the MIRROR, Bobby-boy?
What DELUSIONARY ARROGANCE and CHUTZPAH!!!!
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Russian troops will begin leaving Monday, but made no mention of leaving the separatist province at the heart of the conflict between the countries.
The Bush administration is hopeful yet skeptical that Russia will honor its pledge to withdraw troops quickly from Georgia under terms of a cease-fire it signed Saturday.
"My own view is that the Russians will probably stall and perhaps take more time than anybody would like," Gates said. "I think we just need to keep the pressure and ensure that they abide by the agreement that they've signed and do so in a timely way."
When was the last time the U.S. abided by an agreement, puke shit?
The Russians say they're going to take their time in leaving the South Carolina-sized democracy that declared its independence in 1991. Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the Russian parliament's foreign affairs committee, said Russian forces will be out of Georgia "sooner or later," but how much time it takes depends on how Georgia behaves.
Echoing Bush's call to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq depending on conditions on the ground, Kosachev said: "If I would ask you ... 'How fast the American forces can leave Iraq?' ... the answer would be, as soon as we have guarantees for peace and security there.
Nice riposte, Ruskie!!!!
"The same answer would be toward this situation: as soon as we are assured that Georgians will not continue to use military force against South Ossetians and against Abkhazians" — residents of two separatist areas of Georgia now overrun with Russian troops and abandoned by Georgian soldiers.
Rice and Gates pressed the administration's case during appearances on five Sunday talks shows — Rice on "Fox News Sunday," CBS' "Face the Nation" and NBC's "Meet the Press," and Gates on ABC's "This Week" and "Late Edition" on CNN. Kosachev and Lugar also appeared on CNN.
Oh, they MADE the TALK SHOW ROUNDS, huh?
Am I ever glad I NO LONGER WATCH Sunday morning yak-yaks!!!!
I used to look forward to them, but NO LONGER!!!!
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