According to Russian "Propaganda" -- US\NATO Lying To Defend Georgia

Drowned Out

MrSmith wrote:

seems to me the Georgian prez just thought he could reassert control over a Georgian province without Russia doing anything. I bet secretly the western powers are pissed at him for endangering their interests. i dont see any reason the west would instigate it, as much as people here would love to blame them. who knows.

If it's a power struggle over energy, there is a lot of finger pointing to do on all sides.

I found Democracy Now!'s take on the pipeline angle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43DQ9Af5Rhs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4pjnmEXJp4&feature=related

I also watched a couple of Fox News vids that blamed this all on Georgia wanting into NATO (noted), and the Russian perception of Georgian democracy as a threat :rolleyes: bbbrrrrrrr...

catefrances

catch22 wrote:

i'm not saying russia is saintly or america is evil, im just saying who the fuck cares if georgia splits up into 3-4 different countries? what the hell has that got to do with us? why are my tax dollars going to send a shitload of battle ships over there to putter around in some swaggering bullshit show of force?

anywhere putin is, and anything he is involved in, is cause for concern. that man is shiftier than snidely whiplash and as dangerous as the plague.

who says the 'cold war' is over? i say it never existed in the first place and this is the 'natural' order of things.