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9-6-2008 2:43 PM
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blueridge says:
The NYT finally admits that Georgia was the aggressor:
"fighting that began on the night of Aug. 7 when Georgia tried to establish control [Ed. via military invasion] over a breakaway [i.e. independent for over a decade] region, South Ossetia, only to be driven back by Russian forces".
And to put that $1 billion figure in perspective the articles says:

The aid would dwarf the $63 million the United States provided to Georgia last year, roughly a third of it for training its soldiers, police officers and border guards. Excluding Iraq, the infusion would make Georgia one of the largest recipients of American foreign aid after Israel and Egypt.
That Dick Cheney was "sent" by Bush is indicative of the neocon agenda. Georgia did not attack without US or Israeli knowledge, but with their full support.

So in essence, the US is to pay $1billion to Georgia for a defeated military invasion and attempt to capture South Ossetia--i.e. for a proxy war.
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9-6-2008 2:54 PM
blueridge
And do not miss this choice quote from (former Chevron director) Condi Rice who attempts to paint Russia as the aggressor (in the oil-laden Caspian region) through deliberate and misleading propaganda:

“The free world cannot allow the destiny of a small independent country to be determined by the aggression of a larger neighbor,” Ms. Rice said in Washington.
I agree entirely with the words she said, that "the destiny of a small independent country"--South Ossetia--should not be determined by the aggression of a larger neighbor"--Georgia, in alliance with the U.S. and Israel.
9-6-2008 4:51 PM
blueridge
By the way Pat Buchanan and even (neocon leaning) Michael Savage have the same view, based upon solid facts, that I present here, that Georgia attacked while the U.S. paints Russia as the aggressor. On Friday night's radio program Michael Savage said "what did they expect Russia to do...nothing?"
9-8-2008 12:22 PM
citizenbfk
The proxy war is, I believe, about getting oil out of the Caspian sea.

Russia is also very upset --- besides losing control of all Caspian Sea oil...the sea borders their land -- but also very upset about missiles being put on it's border.

Putting missiles on the Russia border is what led to the Cuban Missile Crisis in late 1962, which many consider the closest the world has come to large-scale nuclear war.

Although it might not be common or majority knowledge the key reason that Cuban Missile Crisis calmed down when only when the USA agreed to remove it's missile base in Turkey -- although part of the deal was that neither Russia or the USA admitted this. General background article abou...
9-10-2008 12:07 AM
blueridge
The goal is larger, part of the neoconservative blueprint for "global hegemony", which includes oil certainly, but also preempting any other power which could threaten the power of the U.S.--i.e. keeping Russia, now broken up, tamed and on a tight leash.
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