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Doug
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posted 06 May 2008 08:23 AM

I think we can all guess how that will work out.

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Russia's deployment of extra troops in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia has brought the prospect of war "very close", a minister of ex-Soviet Georgia said on Tuesday.
Separately, in comments certain to fan rising tension between Moscow and Tbilisi, the "foreign minister" of the breakaway Black Sea region was quoted as saying it was ready to hand over military control to Russia.
"We literally have to avert war," Temur Iakobashvili, a Georgian State Minister, told reporters in Brussels.

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL0616183020080506?sp=true

Vladimir Putin also has nuclear missiles in his military parade for the first time since 1991. It's looking more and more like the Simpsons episode where the Soviet Union suddenly pops back into existence.

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viigan
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posted 06 May 2008 10:16 AM

If it reigns in the Americans, then Amen to the resurrection.

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Doug
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posted 06 May 2008 12:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by viigan:
If it reigns in the Americans, then Amen to the resurrection.

It likely won't in the long run. The US will want to try to buddy-up with Russian against China or anything unpleasant that emerges in the Middle East.

[ 06 May 2008: Message edited by: Doug ]

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MCunningBC
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posted 06 May 2008 06:24 PM

quote:
Originally posted by viigan:
If it reigns in the Americans, then Amen to the resurrection.

Jesus Christ.

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