"But regardless of who started the conflict..."
The trash journalism that passes for "news" in this country, AmeriKa!
"Russia planning limited pullout; No pledge on breakaway provinces; Georgia backs claims to areas" by Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times | August 18, 2008
TBILISI, Georgia - The Kremlin said yesterday that Russia's military would begin withdrawing its forces from Georgia today, although it was not immediately clear how far or how fast the troops would move.
The statement followed repeated US and European demands that Russia honor the cease-fire agreement it signed Saturday and pull troops out of Georgia proper. But Moscow made no mention of leaving the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, where it has long stationed peacekeepers.
Germany's leader, meanwhile, voiced strong support for this former Soviet republic's desire to join NATO, a goal that has fed Moscow's anger toward Georgia and the West.
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France both said they were told by President Dmitry Medvedev that Russia would begin to withdraw its troops. Russia entered its neighbor's territory early Aug. 7 after accusing Georgia of attacking civilians and Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia.
Yup, so now the Georgian INVASION is only an ACCUSATION here in the Zionist-controlled Western press.
Never heard a word about Israel's role in Georgia (blogs on fire with that), and now the asshole AmeriKan MSM can't even report this coreectly.
Isn't it amazing how the rabbit-hole recall TRANSFORMS ITSELF in the CENSORED WESTERN MEDIA!
I am TIRED of REWRITES, REEDITS and OMISSIONS!!!!
Dozens of supply trucks and tanks were streaming south out of Tskhinvali, the capital of Russian-controlled South Ossetia, toward Gori, the town on Georgia's main east-west highway. All along the road, Russian soldiers had erected checkpoints, taken up residency in an abandoned Georgian military base, and set up roadside tent cities.
In Gori, there were signs of a looser Russian grip but also scenes of desperation as Georgians crowded around aid vehicles and grasped for loaves of bread. Virtually all shops were closed and the streets almost empty, except for clusters of people who gathered around aid vehicles and a basement bakery.
Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press" yesterday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed skepticism about the Russian promise to withdraw.
"I just know that the Russian president said several days ago Russian military operations would stop. They didn't," Rice said. She said Medvedev told Sarkozy that the minute the cease-fire was signed by President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia, Russian forces would begin to withdraw, but they did not follow through.
ISRAEL and PALESTINE, bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saakashvili vowed yesterday that Georgia would never abandon its claim to South Ossetia and Abkhazia, now firmly in the hands of Russia and the separatists. "Georgia will never give up a square kilometer of its territory," Saakashvili said at a news conference with Merkel.
Merkel, the second West European leader to visit Georgia after the outbreak of its war with Russia, said talks could begin soon on integrating this small country into NATO. It was Georgia's push to join the alliance that apparently prompted Moscow to escalate pressure on Saakashvili's staunchly pro-American government.
As if GEORGIA'S INVASION had nothing to do with it!
"Georgia, if it wants to become a member of NATO, will become one," Merkel told reporters at the news conference outside the glass-domed presidential palace in Tbilisi, the capital, 25 miles away from Russian troop positions. But Georgia's territorial disputes with Russia over South Ossetia and Abkhazia were reasons for not granting Georgia so-called Membership Action Plan status, a prelude to joining NATO.
Germany has enormous business interests with Russia and might have more influence with Moscow than the United States, which is viewed by the Kremlin with suspicion.
And FOR GOOD REASON!
And Germany better be careful, or Russia will CUT OFF that ENERGY!!!!!
German officials also have quietly chastised Saakashvili for his boisterous and belligerent rhetorical style, which they see as needlessly inflammatory, European diplomats in Tbilisi say.
Yeah, SOFT-SELL the ASSHOLE western TOOL Saakashvili!!!
But regardless of who started the conflict, Western officials have grown increasingly critical of Russian conduct inside Georgia, where they worry about a growing humanitarian crisis. Thousands of Georgians have been displaced from their homes in the conflict.
Oh, so NOW it DOESN'T EVEN MATTER to the AmeriKan press how the war started.
You know, WHATEVER!!!
Who cares if it is LIES upon LIES upon LIES upon LIES!!!
WHATEVER!!!!!!!
And those GEORGIAN REFUGEES (never mind the South Ossetians) were DISPLACED because of THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT'S ATTACK!!!
Top American and European officials have said they would rethink their ties with Moscow.
"I think that there is a real concern that Russia has turned the corner here and is headed back toward its past rather than toward its future, and my hope is that we will see actions in the weeks and months to come that provide us some reassurance," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday.
Gee, thank God he replaced Rumsfeld, huh?
Of course, AmeriKa never has to reassure anyone about OUR AGGRESSIVE POSTURE!!!
Oh, and for the rcord, the Russians are ACTING DEFENSIVELY HERE!
Later, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said in an opinion article published on Le Figaro newspaper's website that if Russia did not "rapidly and totally" follow the pullout specified in the cease-fire, he would "have to call an extraordinary meeting of the Council of the European Union to decide what consequences to draw."
Like what, a NATO invasion?
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And I thought I'd add these NYT crumbs because I noted them in the margins.
"Concerns over the military tensions in the region may already have influenced some neighbors. American officials said Turkish officials had denied the United States’ request that an American Navy hospital ship, the Comfort, be allowed to travel through the Turkish straits en route to Georgia. A Bush administration official, who asked not to be identified because of the delicacy of the diplomatic discussions, expressed hope that American officials would eventually persuade the Turks to let the ship pass.
Well, we got them to back off the Iranian gas deal, so I guess our ship will eventually be going through.
The conflict began Aug. 7 when Georgian troops entered the breakaway region of South Ossetia, which has strong ties to Russia, and Russia responded by sending its own troops deep into Georgian territory.
How is THAT for PROPAGANDA, huh?
Yup, Georgia "entered," -- like going through a door -- they didn't INVADE!!!
Then the Russians RESPONDED (translation: DEFENDED) by going "deep" into Georgian territory!
Fuck you, NYT!!!
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