Added: Nov 23, 2008
From: ivancanas63
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In an interview with CNN Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict may have been staged to secure a victory for one of the presidential candidates in the U.S. He says preliminary reports show that U.S. citizens may have been present in the combat zone."We have serious reasons to believe that American citizens were right at the heart of the military action. This would have implications for American domestic policy. If this is confirmed, we will have grounds to suspect that somebody in the U.S. has created this conflict to aggravate the situation and create a competitive advantage for one of the presidential candidates".Russia's Prime Minister also commented on the media coverage of the recent events."As far as the perception of these events by the general public goes, it depends not only on politicians, but also on how artful they are in controlling the mass media. And our American colleagues do this much better than we do and there's a lot we can learn from them".Putin stressed that Russia did not attack and cannot be portrayed as an aggressor."We didn't attack anyone, we were attacked and therefore we need guarantees that we won't be attacked again, and that our citizens won't be killed. They are trying to present us as aggressors".The Prime Minister has given a detailed chronology of the events between August 7 and 10."On 7 August, at 14:42, the Georgian peacekeepers left the headquarters of the peacekeeping forces under the pretext that they'd received orders from their commanders to leave their posts, and they never returned. One hour later, heavy artillery shelling began. At 22:35 a massive bombardment of Tsklhinval started. At 22:50 the transfer of Georgian ground troops started to the combat area. At the same time Georgian field hospitals were set up. And at 23:30 the Brigadeer General commanding the Georgian peacekeeping forces announced that Georgia has declared a war against South Ossetia. They announced this publicly, looking straight into the TV cameras. At that point we tried to contact the Georgian leadership, but everyone refused to talk to us. At 12:45 AM on the 8th of August the Georgian commander repeated his statement. So who attacked whom?"The former Russian president reiterated that the country has 'no intention of attacking anyone, or of fighting a war with anyone'. "For eight years while I was President I often heard one and the same question -- what place does Russia think it should occupy in the world? We are a peace-loving state and want to co-operate with all our neighbours and other states. But if someone thinks they can just come in and kill us, and that our place is in the cemetery, these people should think of the consequences of such policies".
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tonyvice6661616 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - Chechens?I dont know any chechens...the only thing i know is chickens!
tonyvice6661616 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - is a day for you a decade for me?hmmm thats what we call retarted...
SMcG63 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - Damn zaika - you sound like a used car salesman. Anyways - whatever you wish to believe ( I,m sure it must be so ), just click your little Ruby slippers together and soon you shall be home!!!!!!!!!
SMcG63 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - So International Law states that if ones soldiers get attacked while in performance of "peacekeeping mission", then they have the right to invade attacking country, kick them out of the disputed territories in this country ad declare those disputed territories and independent. WOW - you seem to be getting your apples and oranges all mixed together bubba!
BlueLotusPagana Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - The "retarted" never spell "retarded" correctly ;*
BlueLotusPagana Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - Putin could take on the retarded Bush and chickenhead redneck Palin and her old man McCain in his sleep. It would take all three of those sorry US politicians to string together a sentence as flawlessly as Putin does without a script.
zaika212 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - no dummy, international law states that a country (US/UK) does not have the right to invade sovereign country (iraq) if that country has not attacked them first and steal its natural resources. iraq never attacked US/UK. it also states that a country (US/UK) cannot unilaterally declare a territory independent (kosovo) without UN approval. there was NO UN approval. russian peacekeepers acted in accordance with their UN mandate...which in WITHIN international law parameters.
zaika212 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - it also might be time for you to put on pretty ruby slippers because you are arguing like a girl. why dont you go and put on some makeup and make yourself look pretty because you certainly dont have the brains to have an intellectual discussion....
BigWhoreHouseIsrael Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - Why is this liar Matthew Chance talking to Putin? Matthew Chance is idot and a liar that made all the lies about GORI on CNN and BBC?
SMcG63 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - zaika - your like a parrot. 1st, answer the question, how does Russia's declaration of Ahbkazia's and S.Ossetias fall within International Law and declaration of Kosovo ( by many countries ) not???I said nothing about peacekeepers and law - twerp!!
SMcG63 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - Yes, I thought you would get exited over the ruby slippers ( girlyman!! ).Like I said, you should let guys like Smoki do the arguents, all you post is babble and rhetoric ( I fail to follow where you feel you are accomplishing an intellectual discussion ?? )I like F'ingWY
SMcG63 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - To add clarity to my earlier statement, where is it stated in your UN Mandate as peacekeepers ( I do not argue about rights for protecting one's peacekeepers ), that the areas being "protected" by peacekeepers can be declared as independent, as a result of peacekeepers being killed.good job girlyman
zaika212 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - it doesnt really fall under IL but it certainly falls MORE under IL than kosovo's independence. you may be too stupid to realize this but there were no american citizens living in kosovo. over 2000 russian citizens have been killed in SO. any president has the right to protect his country's citizens especially when georgians ethnically cleansed them, twerp! it says so in russian constitution.
zaika212 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - since you're so devoted to the rules of international law, kosovo could have gotten its independence only with UN approval or serbia's approval. neither of which happened. so on what legal grounds is kosovo independent now? because US said so? well in that case SO and A are independent now because russia said so. two can play this game.
zaika212 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - no wonder my arguments dont make sense to you...because that would require you to have a functioning brain and working brain cells which you obviously dont. what a pity. and i'm a girlyman? no i'm not but i would LOVE to have ruby slippers, mind giving me a website or a store name where i can get them? you certainly seem to know a whole lot about girly shoes for such a "manly" man as yourself, lol.
zaika212 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - UN mandate doesnt state that protected areas (dont try to be smart and use quotes around the word protected) can be declared independent but russia is just trying to be like US with its kosovo declaration. if russia bombs some more countries like baltic states will it be considered "free" and "democratic" like US? or maybe we should use nukes on someone and then we'll finally be considered "democratic"...just trying to be like the all-powerful US of A, hahaha)))
SMcG63 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - zaika, your just way out there. I'm sure your a fine example of what your country has to offer. Your probably over here in my country living on welfare to boot. I thought it was just Putin who had "little wee wee" syndrome, but I guess your suffering also. Remember, you can still click your ruby slippers together and be home girlyman!
zaika212 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - so i'm a girlyman AND i'm on welfare??? lol. well your description of me ia as "precise" and "accurate" as your overall comprehension of international affairs. did you even graduate high school with such "intellect"?are you jealous of putin? looks that way))) lets face it, he is everything any man would love to be and you know it! but you still didnt tell me where you bought YOUR ruby slippers...i'm sure you love them, thats why you cant stop talking about them...hehe
SMcG63 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - I like you zaika - you "make me laugh"!!Sorry, have no aspirations to be anyone other than who I am. I guess you have a confidence problem though. I'm telling you - you need to click those slippers together and "go home".
zaika212 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - you should really see a shrink about your obsession with slippers...you obviously cant stop talking about them. or is "click your slippers and go home" the only phrase your tiny brain can come up with?so lets see, you lost an argument based on facts and reason and now you are trying to pick a catfight? but why am i surprised, you are a typical american male coward who ran away from a fight (like georgain soldiers your country trained, lol)....have fun wearing your pretty shoes)))
SMcG63 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - zaike, like I said its been fun f'king with you - feel free to believe whatsoever you wish (because you have that right living in my country). I prefer to have good "factual" arguments with some of your countrymen who are much better versed than yourself. So you say - you've proven that Russia followed International law in declaring Ahbkazia and S Ossetia as independent - oh what a minute, thats right - you changed it to Russian Law, or was it Roman Law?? I can't keep track. Good job Dorothy!!!!
zaika212 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - if you were really "fucking with me" as you say you would have quit a long time ago. you admitting that you cannot keep track of my arguments kinda proves my point about your intelligence level.p.s. so now you've resorted to making stuff up and claiming that i have said it when i havent. nice job, dummy!
BigWhoreHouseIsrael Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - Why is this liar Matthew Chance talking Putin? Matthew Chance is idot and liar that made all the lies about GORI on CNN and on BBC.
eNtelligence101 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - I don't know but FUCK both of them.
zaika212 Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - and about china...funny how you reread what i had written, rephrased it and now present it as if you came up with that idea all by yourself. but it's nice to know that thanks to reading my posts YOU finally get it! it's always a russian that has to show an american the light))))