Russia/Georgia Situation News & Updates

Originally posted by depetydog
reply to post by Rentor

 

we will turn saint petersburg into saint elmos fire,
hows that sound
you can pet all the little puppets from sesame street
why we teach the
MUTHER F(*&(^&(&
to stay out of allies back yards

amen

Teach Russia not to mess with U.S Interests

reply to post by jetxnet


I stand by my words. Russia will not invade. It will however continue to destroy Georgia's offensive capabilities through air strikes.

reply to post by Neaux


humanitarians my portside@who you trying to fool.comunist

your lucky im not in charge
I protect my friends first
then worry about that other crap later

I sincerely doubt either Russia, the United States, or any of Georgia and Russia's neighbors in the region really want to see NATO or the U.S. enter the conflict. I sincerely doubt that we will see that happen. Because of that, I sincerely doubt Russia will mount an outright invasion of Georgia. If they do, then I will be truly dumbfounded. (Though it wouldn't be the first time.) It just wouldn't make sense and wouldn't benefit Russia in the long run in my opinion.

If the U.S. and its allies get involved at all, it would be my hope that they would do so through diplomacy. Power is a strange thing. It can be wielded in a multitude of ways. The U.S. and its allies have the power to influence this conflict in a way that can diffuse it, rather than inflate it. That's the kind of U.S. involvement I hope to see, if any. Unfortunately, our diplomatic and political leverage with Russia is a bit thin these days.

Maybe I still have just a little bit too much faith left in humanity, but I can't allow myself to believe that a) Russia would risk its relationship with the west in the long term by occupying Georgia, or that b) Georgia will refuse to surrender and keep fighting until they are obliterated. I just don't want to believe either of those scenarios. I pray I am not proved wrong.

But lets don't turn this to the hate thread. THis the best thread on this war(51 pages long in few days lol) but what is Turkish warships doing at that port south of poti?

[edit on 10-8-2008 by Rentor]

Originally posted by jetxnet
Thanks for those links chip - nice collection.

Maloy, strarting to look like you're wrong. Russia seems to be preparing to invade Georgia, something you said wouldn't happen.

With all the stuff that's happened over the weekend regarding the situation it's quite hard to suggest something may not or may happen. I mean many people KNEW that Georgia never shot down 2 planes... how absurd... lol

From now on let's not "guess" what the next move on either sides part will be as it makes one of us look stupid.


CHIPS::

You've been a credit to this thread good sir!!

Originally posted by depetydog
humanitarians my portside@who you trying to fool.comunist

your lucky im not in charge
I protect my friends first
then worry about that other crap later

If you were in charge than mother earth would be busy cleaning up the post-nuclear-winter mess.

im not mad at the ruskies
im mad at our president for making look like douchbags to the world
it cannot continue like this

its time to put the bear back in its cage

The people here are worried this conflict could come closer to the capital, considering the gradual increase of Russian forces around Georgian borders

It does look like Russia is getting ready to mount an offensive into Georgian territory.



[edit on 10-8-2008 by jetxnet]

Originally posted by jetxnet

The people here are worried this conflict could come closer to the capital, considering the gradual increase of Russian forces around Georgian borders

It does look like Russia is getting ready to amount and offensive into Georgian territory.

Seems tonight be one of the most important... I got my coffee ready what about you

reply to post by jetxnet


Speculation does not help make this conflict less misleading and confusing than it already it. Wait untill tomorrow and see what happens.

do you know what defcon we are at right now?

It's not really speculation just looking at details to make an educated conclusion. We know Russia hasn't invaded (yet).

The signs do point to it though.

We also thought the same thing when Russia went into Afghanistan - "Oh they'll stop". Nope, Russia just kept barraging.

Originally posted by Rentor
But lets don't turn this to the hate thread. THis the best thread on this war(51 pages long in few days lol) but what is Turkish warships doing at that port south of poti?

[edit on 10-8-2008 by Rentor]

I think that instead of coming up with "nothing" during their meeting, NATO has told various nations to look out for Georgia. Maybe if Russian warships go on the move then members of NATO should move to the area "just incase" it gets ugly...uglier

I dunno, as I said before we cannot speculate what is going to happen as there has already been so many twists and turns

Originally posted by jetxnet
We also thought the same thing when Russia went into Afghanistan - "Oh they'll stop". Nope, Russia just kept barraging.

You mean when Soviet Union went into Afghanistan.

There are many more reasons for Russia not to attack further than there are reasons to attack. Russia knows them better than anyone else. Russia pledged that this will be a mission to restore the ceasefire, and that is what it is.

[edit on 10-8-2008 by maloy]

Originally posted by depetydog
do you know what defcon we are at right now?

Were at defcon 3

Originally posted by depetydog

humanitarians my portside@who you trying to fool.comunist

your lucky im not in charge
I protect my friends first
then worry about that other crap later

I am the farthest from a communist. I love America just as much as you, the only difference is that you are stuck in time, thirty years ago. The point is to avoid a war not start one.

Russia is an ally of the USA. So is Georgia. So USA will not put troops in Georgia because it will cause the violence to increase.

Maybe I am wrong, but what benefit will come from the destruction of both USA and Russia? We both would be nuked to hell, no Russian property to sell.

"A Georgian ceasefire offer went unheeded by Moscow and separatists in the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali reported that Georgian forces, dug in on high ground outside the town, were continuing to fire on the town." - Reuters

So much for Russia looking for a ceasefire. Come to think of it, didn't they offer one already, then ten minutes later on Sky News it said "Georgia offers ceasefire". I really want to know what the heck is going on over there.

Originally posted by RenegadePsycho
"A Georgian ceasefire offer went unheeded by Moscow and separatists in the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali reported that Georgian forces, dug in on high ground outside the town, were continuing to fire on the town." - Reuters

So much for Russia looking for a ceasefire. Come to think of it, didn't they offer one already, then ten minutes later on Sky News it said "Georgia offers ceasefire". I really want to know what the heck is going on over there.

Its an Red Army invasion...Everyone that is blue grasp
your guns and lets get some reds
that was a joke btw