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Well, it seems that commercial interests as well as geopolitical strategies external to the Georgia issue itself have influenced the course of things. A shame about the disrespect for the civilian population of Georgia and the miniorities ... It seems Putin and his government has a bit more...

Furthermore, Saakashvili answered to israeli reporters: "The Israeli weapons have proved very effective," he said at a press conference at his office. When asked whether the Israeli arms played a role in the military successes he claimed the Georgian army had achieved, he joked: "Are you...

I think that it was a very good decision for Russia and Europe that the russians kept their heads somewhat cool, and did not go for the full strategic military advantage that could been had when entering Georgia - but rather is playing up to the media onslaught by firstly of Georgia, but also...

More and more of the world press is now seeing how Taakashvili had a virtual media onslaught prepared for the aftermath of the conflict. However, the USA never needed Georgia's leaders to stay in power - they still win big on what has come out of this, as they would in any realistically probable...

Ah, but you guys are forgetting that the ossetian separatists sent rockets after McCain's helicopter when he was visiting Georgia in 2006. There is absolutely no love lost there, and McCain loses no sleep over seeing those ethnic minorities go ...

Interesting how the consequences could play themselves out ... wonder if everything was considered beforehand? The question about Iran is undoubtly the most interesting short/medium term here. http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JH14Ak02.html Georgia's Israeli arms point Russia to Iran By...

War in Georgia: The Israeli connection (posted earlier in this thread) http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3580136,00.html Some interesting perspectives from the public in Israel. http://www.ynet.co.il/english/Ext/App/TalkBack/CdaViewOpenTalkBack/1,11382,L-3580136,00.html And some...

I really wonder if McCain is underestimating the public opinion and climate in the US. John McCain might be doing just fine economically and psychologically, but I don't think the rest of the US is. Therefore the public opinion might not be that keen on a strong response towards Russia that...

Watching the CNNI live interview with Saakashvili at 15:00 CET today, it's becoming so clear that this guy is a warmonger. He deftly said "the nice thing about democracies are that they consolidate with support in time of crisis like this." He said it all really.

Uhm, according to the reports from Haaretz of air-lifting some israelis out of Georgia, there are around 12 000 ethnic jews living in Georgia. It's not like there was a "jewish insurge" or something. The georgian defense minister is a former israeli, and according to the Haaretz former georgians...

Well, just as we know there are organized groups exerting pressure in Internet discussion forums, we also learn while kids in school that governments exert propaganda through the media. There is no question that media preparations had been made from georgian, russian and others who were...

Any reports on if the russians specifically targeted israeli interests or other known israeli-linked targets inside Georgia?

a_person, Medvedev said that they respect and will continue to respect Georgias sovereignity. They do protect the minority groups and have been for some time. Russia did not overthrow the georgian president or try to kill him, although they could easily have done so. Of course Russia has...

a_person, the only tactic I see you using is by always turning to personal attacks and sabotaging discussions with ridicule, and trying to divert the discussions into Israel-Palestine-Iran topics, while the israeli participation and interests in the conflict in Georgia is a separate topic - and...

W4rl0ck, interesting tool, thanks for the heads-up. I have an interest in this since I am involved in developing software that combats such concerted actions, electronic voting fraud and other disruptive attack strategies by creating trust-based voting and better forum scoring mechanisms...

a_person, I think the Israeli press managed pretty well to give some insight of Israeli involvement in the georgian conflict. It was funny when both the russian foreign ministry and the georgian president just used the phrase "other nations" while hesitating. Some nuances appearing on both...

Yes, it seems the european press is getting more nuanced now after the PR campaign run by the georgian president has been digested. Luckily Germany and France were hesitant to Georgia being allowed into NATO, while having the latent conflicts and democratic "issues" still unresolved. The...

Listening to the rally and enraged speakers in Tblisi, it's obvious that we are seeing damage control by georgian leadership to round up further support for their previous attacks on the ethnic minorities and support for their decisions taken in this conflict. Some international political...

Some further details ... completely laughable. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1010187.html Jewish Georgian Minister Temur Yakobshvili on Sunday praised the Israel Defense Forces for its role in training Georgian troops and said Israel should be proud of its military might, in an...

Some further details ... http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1010187.html Jewish Georgian Minister Temur Yakobshvili on Sunday praised the Israel Defense Forces for its role in training Georgian troops and said Israel should be proud of its military might, in an interview with Army Radio...