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RatFink wrote:

It's hardly not important.  It's a clear indication to the mentality of the people... these people really don't want to be a part of Georgia and look to Russia to protect them.  Take with it they have tried to leave the Georgia twice there really is not denying that the SO people want nothing to do with Georgia.

Steyr AUG wrote:

Then they should do what americans who want to be a part of canada do. Move there

Tallgeese wrote:

RatFink wrote:

It's hardly not important.  It's a clear indication to the mentality of the people... these people really don't want to be a part of Georgia and look to Russia to protect them.  Take with it they have tried to leave the Georgia twice there really is not denying that the SO people want nothing to do with Georgia.

Steyr AUG wrote:

Then they should do what americans who want to be a part of canada do. Move there

Well if Steyer said it it must be true!

RatFink wrote:

Tallgeese wrote:

RatFink wrote:

It's hardly not important.  It's a clear indication to the mentality of the people... these people really don't want to be a part of Georgia and look to Russia to protect them.  Take with it they have tried to leave the Georgia twice there really is not denying that the SO people want nothing to do with Georgia.

Steyr AUG wrote:

Then they should do what americans who want to be a part of canada do. Move there

Well if Steyer said it it must be true!

Your counter-argument is breathtaking.

ShnickyShnack wrote:

Have fun with your toxic wasteland.

Our plan is to ship it north to the great white wasteland.

RatFink wrote:

ShnickyShnack wrote:

Why wouldn't they clamor for Russian passports? Especially when no other country on the planet has recognized their existence as a state (or will honor their own passports, if they've even bothered to issue them)?

To my knowledge SO has never tried to issue their own passports.

In 2001, the speaker of the South Ossetian parliament wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking him to annex the country. Foreign Minister Murat Djioev tells me that joining Russia is also his desire, but independence is the first step on that path. For now, though, Russia seems satisfied to exercise de facto control over South Ossetia. It has given Russian passports to South Ossetians—who can't travel on their South Ossetian passports—and now 96 percent of South Ossetians are Russian citizens. I ask Djioev about the Russian flags and Putin billboards around town. "I want us to be part of Russia, but I understand this won't happen quickly. As Russian citizens, we want to demonstrate that the Russian flag is our flag and Putin is our president," he says. Several top officials, including the minister of defense and the head of the security service, are Russians. Djioev makes no apologies for it. "When it's necessary to invite a Russian specialist here, we'll do it. In San Marino, many of the top officials are Italians, and nobody criticizes them for it," he says. (Russia will, in 2008, move to formalize ties with South Ossetia as well as Abkhazia, further ratcheting up tensions with Georgia.)

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RatFink wrote:

Um okay... Anyway...

Mikhail Saakashvili seems to be acting like he has a screw loose the last day or so.  What is up with that?

He's been ranting since this thing began. I discovered very quickly he is not worth listening to. All he does is spout rhetoric, accuses the Russians of being, well, everything, and makes up a ton of stuff. He is totally unreliable, as has been shown numerous times now.

ShnickyShnack wrote:

[Tycho?] wrote:

RatFink wrote:

Um okay... Anyway...

Mikhail Saakashvili seems to be acting like he has a screw loose the last day or so.  What is up with that?

He's been ranting since this thing began. I discovered very quickly he is not worth listening to. All he does is spout rhetoric, accuses the Russians of being, well, everything, and makes up a ton of stuff. He is totally unreliable, as has been shown numerous times now.

Or it could be that he's upset at seeing his country overrun by invaders determined to return his country to its previous slave-like existence.

...which means I should listen to him as he spouts nonsense?

Tallgeese wrote:

He's not a popular guy but that doesn't mean the Kremlin gets to replace him.

Well I have no idea who will get in after him. But I certainly wouldn't bet on Saakashvili being in power for much longer, and I bet whoever replaces him will pay a bit more attention to what the Russians have to say.