http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/11/gori-falls/ Questions through the veil of ignorance Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:08:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/11/gori-falls/comment-page-1/#comment-225127 Lee Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:38:41 +0000 http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=4141#comment-225127 Not bad, not bad. It'd make a good effort at an application for a job in the Russian Foreign Ministry. I'd give it a try. Not bad, not bad. It’d make a good effort at an application for a job in the Russian Foreign Ministry. I’d give it a try.

]]> http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/11/gori-falls/comment-page-1/#comment-225126 CD Junior Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:30:46 +0000 http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=4141#comment-225126 Personally I doubt they are going to roll tanks 100% over Georgia.... like we did in Afghanistan and like we did in Iraq. But they do have a right to look for large weapons in the immediate area I would think... especially as they were used against Russian troops. This is merely a police action and they want to make sure there are no big toys to play with when they leave. Don't forget that Stalin was a homeboy in Georgia and after the Iron Curtain fell this area was a haven for organized crime in Eastern Europe for over a decade. There is no simple cleanup here and you just can't say "Oh this is a pure lilly white democracy with freedom loving people blah blah blah". Georgia is headed in the right direction and they will continue in the right direction, I hope. This is a short detour.... like compared to communism there. Personally I doubt they are going to roll tanks 100% over Georgia…. like we did in Afghanistan and like we did in Iraq. But they do have a right to look for large weapons in the immediate area I would think… especially as they were used against Russian troops. This is merely a police action and they want to make sure there are no big toys to play with when they leave. Don’t forget that Stalin was a homeboy in Georgia and after the Iron Curtain fell this area was a haven for organized crime in Eastern Europe for over a decade. There is no simple cleanup here and you just can’t say “Oh this is a pure lilly white democracy with freedom loving people blah blah blah”. Georgia is headed in the right direction and they will continue in the right direction, I hope. This is a short detour…. like compared to communism there.

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