Re: Georgia announces ceasefire: Caucasian imbroglio over?

"veritas" <coming_soon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:14:43 +0200, Steve Hayes
> <hayesmstw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>http://www.huliq.com/66208/georgia-announces-ceasefire-pulls-out-troops
>
> It's sad that two Orthodox countries are fighting.The only ones
> benefiting are non-Orthodox.
>
> The lesson out  of all this is :beware of allying with the United
> States ,because "when sh*t hits the fan" the Americans are nowhere to
> be found .They are only a "fair weather "ally".

I think the lesson out of all this is that Putin is trying to restore the 
former USSR now that he's got the money to do it, and IMO, the Orthodox
need 
to start remembering who the bad guys are and stop trying to cut them
slack.

JG


>
> I guess the Georgians haven't realized that  the West is only
> interested in that oil pipeline from the Caspian that runs though
> Georgian territory.The  rest about  "freedom and democracy" is  all
> B.S.
>
> Peter