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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; Tbilisi</title>
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		<title>Four Hours to Tbilisi</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/four-hours-to-tbilisi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, well. Mr. Putin held a press conference and there&#8217;s much to condemn as usual. Not the least of which is Putin&#8217;s continued delusion that Russia was invaded by Georgia. But foremost perhaps, is an education for those who argued &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/four-hours-to-tbilisi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How The West Will Win</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Totten has a succinct yet informative post up from the Georgian capital of Tblisi: And my translator, whose husband works for Georgia’s ministry of foreign affairs, made a similar guess that the West helped save the capital. “The night &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/20/how-the-west-will-win/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Going to Tbilisi?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/13/going-to-tbilisi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian units are on the move again in Georgian territory, apparently in violation of the truce agreement. One Russian soldier in a large convoy shouted an ominous flirtation to a press photographer outside Gori, hopefully in jest or lust: &#8220;Come &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/13/going-to-tbilisi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Recent History &#8211; Republic of Georgia</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/12/recent-history-republic-of-georgia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m doing this for my own benefit, as I&#8217;ve not followed the goings on in the Republic of Georgia, except to note when it&#8217;s in the news, not our Georgia. April 18, 2008 Georgia sought the backing of NATO and &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/12/recent-history-republic-of-georgia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>So Ends the Kouchner Adventure</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/11/so-ends-the-kouchner-adventure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia wants Saakashvili gone and then categorically rejects the French ceasefire agreement Saakashvili signed. Even while the increasingly uncomfortable Medvedev says they&#8217;re all but finished with military operations. The humiliating exposure of Medvedev&#8217;s &#8220;presidency&#8221; is one of the more comical &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/11/so-ends-the-kouchner-adventure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Siloviki</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/10/siloviki/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much of the Georgia/South Ossetia/Russian conflict can be laid at the hands of a corrupt cabal of former soviet ministers bent on lining their own pockets? Perhaps a great deal. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has handed his Russian counterpart, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/10/siloviki/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Glimpse of a Better Outcome for Georgia</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/10/glimpse-of-a-better-outcome-for-georgia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it seemed like escalation was the modal reality, outcomes looked bleak for Georgia. Dynamics change. Thus Georgia&#8217;s ceasefire in South Ossetia cannot be a bad thing under the circumstances. By putting up an initial fight, they drew the attention &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/10/glimpse-of-a-better-outcome-for-georgia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>US Begins to Align with Georgia</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/09/us-begins-to-align-with-georgia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slowly the gears turn, but Washington and Tbilisi&#8217;s positions inch further into concord by the minute. The infamous &#8220;unnamed senior US official,&#8221; behind all important news events of the last century has spoken: A senior U.S. official says Russia has &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/09/us-begins-to-align-with-georgia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Driving Around Tbilisi</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/09/driving-around-tbilisi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doug Merrill reports things looked pretty normal, only they weren&#8217;t.]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Sides on South Ossetia</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/09/choosing-sides-on-south-ossetia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After an ambiguous initial reaction, the State Department appears to have realized that despite whatever Russia contends, it is physically impossible for Georgia to invade its own country: &#8220;We call on Russia to cease attacks on Georgia by aircraft and &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/09/choosing-sides-on-south-ossetia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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