Guess who's going to be using there veto power?Isn't it wonderful? Condi has reached 'peace for our time' with Prime Minister Medvedev. He signed a piece of paper and the UN Security Council is going to vote on it. I'm all excited!
Not.
On the ground Russian troops have advanced to within 25 miles of Tbilisi, they are blowing up bridges, docks and offices, starting fires and destroying other human and physical infrastructure all over the country.
Dead Georgian soldiers are left to rot in the sun, captive Georgian soldiers are paraded through the streets, forced to work for the Ossetian irregulars and publicly abused. All this comes from western journalists and other outside observers, not from Georgian authorities, and they have the pictures to show for.
Moscow has also announced that Georgians will not be allowed to return to their homes in Ossetian territory. That's ethnic cleansing in the full legal sense, and we have it black on white from the highest Russian authorities. They are also giving free reign to the irregular scum from Ossetia, Chechnya &cetera that follows in the wake of their troops.
'Peacekeepers' my foot.
We could have had troops on the ground by now to teach them to behave, politely show them the way back to Moscow, chase away the irregulars, and assure stability to the country with an eye to (re)opening pipelines that are essential to our future.
Anyway, once Russia goes for, say, the Ukraine, then the higher ups may actually care. Maybe.
HOW ABOUT 'DEM VIKINGS
-Martok
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