tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post3467287531603925539..comments2023-10-05T04:00:39.089-05:00Comments on Kingdom of Chaos: A Bad Hand in GeorgiaEl Jefe Maximohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661511063910659377noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post-81309792436697684282008-08-15T10:46:00.000-05:002008-08-15T10:46:00.000-05:00Those sort of people get me jacked up anyway, Geor...Those sort of people get me jacked up anyway, Georgia or no Georgia.<BR/><BR/>I'm less jacked-up about Georgia for its own sake. I am angry about the general lack of competence the whole situation appears to reveal about our governors (maybe more on that later), but Georgia's situation, however tragic, is not of real importance to the US, and would be of none at all if we hadn't (for assorted bizarre reasons), interested ourselves in making Georgia a client. <BR/><BR/>Strategically, Iran and the Gulf are important. Georgia is a sideshow. That doesn't make it less tragic a situation for the people living there. But we don't have a commission to reform the whole world.El Jefe Maximohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661511063910659377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post-63162258665900360072008-08-15T09:31:00.000-05:002008-08-15T09:31:00.000-05:00i suppose the reason myself being personally so ja...i suppose the reason myself being personally so jacked about this so-called-situation, is the number of people who come into my favorite liquor store in tulsa and criticized the US military action in the wake of 9/11/01, and who are currently coming into my favorite liquor store in tulsa simply glowing with pride.<BR/>the majority being high school teachers.<BR/>i suppose if i wanted to run for teacher of the year, all i would have to know is <I>america bad, russia good.</I><BR/>what i should not be surprised at is the lack of outcry from the media for the deliberate targeting of journalists in this theater.<BR/>it seems the only ones i hear about/from are those NEXT on the soviet union's list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post-55347840355568493932008-08-14T12:42:00.000-05:002008-08-14T12:42:00.000-05:00The Russian government, as far as I know has not y...The Russian government, as far as I know has not yet officially recognized <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Ossetia" REL="nofollow">South Ossetia</A>. Until recently, the final status of Kosovo would have been an impediment to doing so. Had Russia extended recognition following international recognition of Kosovo, it no doubt would have been seen as an escalation of the Georgia/South Ossetia problem, to which the Russians, citing Kosovo, might well have said big deal.<BR/><BR/>From the Russian point of view, the downside would have been prematurely putting the "mark" -- Georgia -- on its guard about Russian interest, thus making it harder to draw the Georgians into overstepping.<BR/><BR/>I have no doubt that Russian recognition of the "Republic of South Ossetia" or something, is imminent, and that shortly thereafter the South Ossetians, much like the Sudeten Germans a while ago, will produce some kind of assembly of notables, or group of great and good, to come on bended knee and beg to be re-united with the Russian motherland. <BR/><BR/>The Russians may or may not accept -- there are downsides -- and saying no would be such good propaganda for use with the Euros, but it will amount to the same thing. If it legally survives, the place will have as much "independence" from Russia as downtown Moscow.<BR/><BR/>A similar process will occur with Abkhazia.El Jefe Maximohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661511063910659377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post-18635074773563432832008-08-14T12:26:00.000-05:002008-08-14T12:26:00.000-05:00if someone had said this is payback for this, i co...if someone had said this is payback <A HREF="http://nospeedbumps.com/?p=1469" REL="nofollow">for this,</A> i could buy that. but some of the other theories just don't wash.<BR/>why did russia, er ah, the soviet union not recognize south ossetia in kind?<BR/>caucasus.<BR/>balkans.<BR/>it's all the same.<BR/>this breakaway republic breaks away from that breakaway republic.<BR/>why the tanks?<BR/>why the czech redux?<BR/>the soviets build tanks, right?<BR/>the soviets build guns, right?<BR/>how's that washing machine thingy coming along?<BR/>what economy?<BR/>you will have the economy i tell you to have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com