pantheman wrote:Raymanoff wrote: contingent of 2000 troops back from Iraq
a shameless asslicking tactics by Saakashvilli, its so digusting... Georgia have a 0.0001% influence in the world and here you go, they are the third largest foreign deployment in IRAQ after US and UK. Its all been planned before...
Ray, sounds just like the making of the Cyprus problem. American meddling and creating shit. Yes I would like to see what actions the US is gonna take now it is knee deep in debt over its fuckups in Iraq. Can it afford another confrontation? Oh, and lets not forget, they are about to bomb Iran as well
I think it is another case of all mouth and no trousers here. I think people severly under estimate the capabilities of the Russians, the expression "let sleeping dogs lie" springs to mind.
The west is obsessed with not letting certain coutries develop Nuclear energy, guess what Russia already has them and it is them we need to ne square with.
Wake up world.
P.S. to Mr Putin, in the event that you may accidentally drop and nuke over Turkey, no need to apologise, you would have done the world a big favour.
Couple of points here...
1. Bush could not control militarily defenseless Iraq for 5-1/2 years. I don't think there's any risk of him actually picking on anyone his own size. As for supporting Georgia, he'll do so in words but not actions. Another use for Kikapu's words of wisdom - "if you can't f*ck a friend, who can you f*ck?"
2. The BTC oil pipeline routes right up to South Ossetia. If Russia takes control of that, the global political / economic landscape will drastically change. While this is pure speculation on my part, there has to be some strategic aim for the Russians to undertake this action which is certain to be used against them in the media.
I'm not very astute when it comes to military / political affairs. But maybe the Russians are also making a point; that if Bush attacks Iran, he'll have not one, but two proper militaries to deal with...