Putin blames US 4 orchestrating Georgian war

I think that Russia did not want the missile shield round it self and also the NATO influence should not bug it anymore. There was no need to place its neighbours into NATO and to start a new chapter of regional politics. As usual USA again over estimated its abilities without thinking that Russia can dislodge this action of getting it isolated to great extent.

This kind of politics of regional dominance has started again then there can be such problems like Russia attacking Geirgia and gaining the its gorund. Russia is definately a military might and USA cannot afford to have a conflict with it even a converntional weapon war will be devastating for both sides.

Putin has gone back to the old cold war rhetoric, aimed mainly at his own people.

However, he does have a case.. The US worked on Georgia for a while and their idiot president fell for it.. The Russians were waiting for an excuse and used the situation to their advantage..

Chalk another one up for George W and his neocons...

I wonder what Caney, Bolton and Krauthamme have to say now..

I listened to an interview of the foreign minister of Aizebaijan .. It was quite interesting.. At the moment the caucuses are in turmoil.

Russia , at the "behest" of South Ossetia has in principal agreed to absorb it into Russia and also open military bases there.

The US is trying to bolster support using the G8. However, the Europeans are vary. They might make the right noises of support, but they don't want to do anything which might have long term repercussions.

There's a lot to play out yet...Very interesting times ahead

Actually, if you look back at history, alliances and global landscapes have always changed after some upheavel.

I think that in our lifetime, we have got used to relative stability, especially since the USA became a Superpower.

As I said previously, having Russian presence will; be good for the region and may even temper Israel's aggressive stance on so ,many things.

Let's pray for cool heads and comon sense to prevail..

Its late and I'm probably not thinking straight :0)

Abu: Just translated another article about same subject and published same day at Diario de Noticias.

"Crisis in Georgia. Naval duel spreads
China yesterday pronounced on the crisis in the Geórgia, affirming to be worried , although everything in a softer tone than the majority of the occidental countries. Russia is under strong pressure after having recognized, Tuesday, the independence of the South Ossetia and the Abcasia, two Georgian separatists regions. The Chinese reaction appeared on an official notice by the Foreign affairs Ministry emitted a few hours before the Russian President, Dmitri Medvedev, meets in Duchambé, capital of the Tajiquistan, with his homologous Chinese, Hu Jintao. The leaders had congregated it the edge of the meeting of the Organization of Cooperation of Xangai, entity that gathers Asian countries, but that has in Moscow-Beijing axle its reason of existing. Medvedev explained to Hu the Russian position but, in the end, the Chinese did not commented. China desires to keep good relations with Russia, but it faces their own separatists movements. In the Georgian crisis it has been told a new cold war, but the analysts that they explain the diplomatic developments speaking in the formation of two blocks, with the Russians to try to understand with China and the occidental people to widen its alliance. The situation continues to be dangerous in the Geórgia and international the humanitarian organizations have difficult access to the zone of security created for Russia around the Georgian city of Gori, in the border with the territory of the South Ossetia. But the tension is to spread to other palcos, nominated for the Black sea, where it seems to grow an unexpected naval duel between the powers...."

URL for this article, in portuguese:

http://dn.sapo.pt/20...

unless there was any new events yesterday, it seams contradictory don't you think?

Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ

"
The perspective of sanctions is not being taken seriously by the Kremlin due to energy dependence of the UE. One third of oil and 40% of the natural gas consumed by the Europeans has it's origin in Russia. Finland, Lituania or Slovaquia buy all their natural gas there. France and Italy acquire, respectively, 16% and 17% of the oil and Germany, 39% of the natural gas that they consume. Ireland, Portugal or the United kingdom are the countries of the UE less dependent from the Russian energy. But Russia needs technology and money. The high prices of the oil have given Moscow funds to improve the population's conditions of life, but also for the modernization of the Armed Forces. The Russians say that the occidental people have more to lose with relations freezing, but the affirmation hides a fact: the joint economy of the countries of NATO is 20 times bigger compared to Russia."

in diario de noticias - http://dn.sapo.pt/20...

So, once again i say, it's all retoric and not to be taken seriouslly.

listen this song by Sting about 18 years ago.

http://www.youtube.c...

Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ