1journeyman
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Georgia, an applicant to NATO, and an ally with the USA with troops currently serving alongside our troops here in Iraq, was invaded today by Soviet tanks.
How should the USA respond?
How should the USA respond?
Russia invades Georgia
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jennythebugg
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we need to stay out of it
miaheatlvr
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UPDATE "The U.S. is strongly considering sending MILITARY in to help with U.S. citizen Evacuation.. ASAP... Just heard it on CNN..
bigarn
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Originally Posted by MiaHeatLvr
http:///forum/post/2715410
UPDATE "The U.S. is strongly considering sending MILITARY in to help with U.S. citizen Evacuation.. ASAP... Just heard it on CNN..
useing our military to evacuate americans is fine.
as long as that's the extent of it.
http:///forum/post/2715410
UPDATE "The U.S. is strongly considering sending MILITARY in to help with U.S. citizen Evacuation.. ASAP... Just heard it on CNN..
useing our military to evacuate americans is fine.
as long as that's the extent of it.
jennythebugg
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agreed
miaheatlvr
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Originally Posted by bigarn
http:///forum/post/2715417
useing our military to evacuate americans is fine.
as long as that's the extent of it.
I feel so proud when I see our military overseas evacuating our citizens in any place in the world they see the need to.. You see all of our Military, Guns, Vehicles and coordination called into play and Im sure the people must be so ecstatic to see them and know that everything is going to be OK and that they are safe. I dont know if ANYBODY saw that program Anthony Bourdain's NO RESERVATIONS when they had to be evacuated from Lebanon when he was filming a show there and Syria tried to invade. It was a real feel good show!
http:///forum/post/2715417
useing our military to evacuate americans is fine.
as long as that's the extent of it.
I feel so proud when I see our military overseas evacuating our citizens in any place in the world they see the need to.. You see all of our Military, Guns, Vehicles and coordination called into play and Im sure the people must be so ecstatic to see them and know that everything is going to be OK and that they are safe. I dont know if ANYBODY saw that program Anthony Bourdain's NO RESERVATIONS when they had to be evacuated from Lebanon when he was filming a show there and Syria tried to invade. It was a real feel good show!
coral keeper
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Is Georgia allied with the US?
miaheatlvr
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reefraff
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Heres some info on this mess
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/...uth_ossetia_32
DZHAVA, Georgia - Russia sent columns of tanks and reportedly bombed Georgian air bases Friday after Georgia launched a major military offensive Friday to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia, threatening to ignite a broader conflict.
Hundreds of civilians were reported dead in the worst outbreak of hostilities since the province won defacto independence in a war against Georgia that ended in 1992. Witnesses said the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali was devastated.
"I saw bodies lying on the streets, around ruined buildings, in cars," said Lyudmila Ostayeva, 50, who had fled with her family to Dzhava, a village near the border with Russia. "It's impossible to count them now. There is hardly a single building left undamaged."
The fighting broke out as much of the world's attention was focused on the start of the Olympic Games and many leaders, including Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Bush, were in Beijing.
The timing suggests Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili may have been counting on surprise to fulfill his longtime pledge to wrest back control of South Ossetia — a key to his hold on power.
Saakashvili agreed the timing was not coincidental, but accused Russia of being the aggressor. "Most decision makers have gone for the holidays," he said in an interview with CNN. "Brilliant moment to attack a small country."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/...uth_ossetia_32
DZHAVA, Georgia - Russia sent columns of tanks and reportedly bombed Georgian air bases Friday after Georgia launched a major military offensive Friday to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia, threatening to ignite a broader conflict.
Hundreds of civilians were reported dead in the worst outbreak of hostilities since the province won defacto independence in a war against Georgia that ended in 1992. Witnesses said the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali was devastated.
"I saw bodies lying on the streets, around ruined buildings, in cars," said Lyudmila Ostayeva, 50, who had fled with her family to Dzhava, a village near the border with Russia. "It's impossible to count them now. There is hardly a single building left undamaged."
The fighting broke out as much of the world's attention was focused on the start of the Olympic Games and many leaders, including Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Bush, were in Beijing.
The timing suggests Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili may have been counting on surprise to fulfill his longtime pledge to wrest back control of South Ossetia — a key to his hold on power.
Saakashvili agreed the timing was not coincidental, but accused Russia of being the aggressor. "Most decision makers have gone for the holidays," he said in an interview with CNN. "Brilliant moment to attack a small country."
cowfishrule
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Originally Posted by bigarn
http:///forum/post/2715391
respond? .... other than asking the russians why, we shouldn't respond at all.
like we don't have enough on our plate already!
Originally Posted by jennythebugg
http:///forum/post/2715400
we need to stay out of it
didnt work out for pearl harbor, did it?
from what i've read, russia's been doing some prickwaving lately.
this might be their way of provoking us.
http:///forum/post/2715391
respond? .... other than asking the russians why, we shouldn't respond at all.
like we don't have enough on our plate already!
Originally Posted by jennythebugg
http:///forum/post/2715400
we need to stay out of it
didnt work out for pearl harbor, did it?
from what i've read, russia's been doing some prickwaving lately.
this might be their way of provoking us.
cowfishrule
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Good. Let them have it.
And they can have Florida and Alabama as well.
Wait, what?
And they can have Florida and Alabama as well.
Wait, what?
aquaknight
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Seems like Russia is in the right here. South Ossetia is trying to breakaway from Georgia (for whatever reason) and into Russian control, and seemed like that might have happened. Then Georgia fired the first shots to try and retake South Ossetia, now occupied by Russia, and Russia retaliated. Notice how the citizens ran into Russia and not their 'home country.'
I'm curious as to why they want to be out of Georgia so bad?
I'm curious as to why they want to be out of Georgia so bad?
cowfishrule
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Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/2715451
I'm curious as to why they want to be out of Georgia so bad?
cause the braves are below .500 this year and it doesnt look promising for next year.
http:///forum/post/2715451
I'm curious as to why they want to be out of Georgia so bad?
cause the braves are below .500 this year and it doesnt look promising for next year.
jennythebugg
Active Member
Originally Posted by COWFISHRULE
http:///forum/post/2715449
Good. Let them have it.
And they can have Florida and Alabama as well.
Wait, what?
http:///forum/post/2715449
Good. Let them have it.
And they can have Florida and Alabama as well.
Wait, what?