The Pipeline War: Russian bear goes for West's jugular

It does look like Russia is making a counter move

Bush has armed and trained Georgia to the teeth and they are chompin at the bit to use it and have gained military confidence in Iraq.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7UEDqJONww




President Saakashvili of Georgia thought that he had the West on his side but he has been outsmarted by Vladimir Putin, the Russian Prime Minister, who now holds all the cards.

Although Mr Saakashvili has had American military personnel training his army to serve in Iraq, there was never any question of Washington taking on the Russians on his behalf.

The military adventure had all the hallmarks of rushed planning and a fingers-crossed strategy, launched in the hope and expectation that the Russians would not react, but that if they did, the Americans and Georgia’s other Nato friends would come to his aid in one form or another. With President Bush at the Beijing Olympics, was, perhaps, the US eye off the ball when the Russians moved in?



http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4500160.ece

 

A few military trainers does not a client state make. The bulk of Georgia's equipment is old Russian planes & weapons.

They created the situation themselves, not George Bush, not "The NWO". Does Georgia not have the right to put down rebellion in one of it's own provinces?

 

Brother Lunichkin writes:
War. Her expected. To reflection of an attack from Georgia, power structures of South Ossetia prepared all. Prepared, but that that has occured{happened} perhaps did not expect. Late at night, on August, 8th, 2008, capital of South Ossetia the city of Tshinval and nearby villages to it{him;them} from Georgia have undergone to mass bombardment from all kinds of arms, including and assault aircraft. In some hours about 70 % of city has ruined. According to the president of not recognized republic Edward Kokojty was lost more than 1400 person. A lot of wounded. The republican hospital is completely destroyed. In city there is no potable water. Will pick up food stuffs. Tears also cry around.
Survived, gone through horror of night bombardment by a chain were pulled to Northern Ossetia. Women, children and old men. Men have remained to be at war. The truth till now in city Tskhinvali and villages of South Ossetia of the peace population still more very many. To leave native places they do not want. Refugees from South Ossetia allocate in Southern Federal District. A part of children have accepted in the Rostov Area and Krasnodar territory. But the majority of refugees has stopped in Northern Ossetia. Them have distributed{allocated} in boarding houses and children's bases. The North-Osetiya Mission of Christian Mercy, under the request of the Government of South Ossetia has started rendering the necessary help.
In Tskhinvali there are Protestant churches. Our brothers and sisters. The majority of them remains in the besieged city. Six months ago, I together with group " Footpath " of Vladikavkaz have visited these churches. We have lead evangelical service in the city house of culture, in the prayful house of evangelical Christians of baptists, and church of Christians of belief evangelical. We have visited{attended} requiring Christians with one purpose: to inspire, encourage and support{maintain} spiritually. Some members of church EHB " Hope " from Vladikavkaz monthly visited South Ossetia. They delivered the necessary humanitarian help and New Precepts. Owing to Institute of Translation{Transfer} of the Bible, and the International Bible Society, prior to the beginning of operations, 15000 New Precepts in ossetic language have been printed. Thirst to the Word of the God has not run low. People in turn stood up for « heavenly bread ».
Now I am in Northern Ossetia. We plan to render the help to refugees and the inhabitants who have remained in South Ossetia. Rendering the necessary humanitarian help, members of church of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians of Baptists through affairs of mercy preaches Gospel Christ. And it will console and will calm broken hearts.

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I pray that peace will return quickly to your region and that God will richly bless your work.

 

Russian jets bombed the Black Sea port city of Poti, which has a sizable oil shipment facility. The Russian warplanes also struck near the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, which carries Caspian crude to the West…Russia also sent a naval squadron to blockade Georgia's Black Sea coast. LINK

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GORI, Georgia (AP) - Russia captured the central city of Gori and its armored vehicles rolled deep into western Georgia on Monday, seizing a military base and several towns and opening a second front of fighting. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said the Russian forces had effectively cut his country in half.

The two-front battlefield was a major escalation in the conflict that blew up late Thursday after a Georgian offensive to regain control of the separatist province of South Ossetia. Even as Saakashvili signed a cease-fire pledge Monday with EU mediators, Russia appeared determined to subdue the small U.S. ally. LINK

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The websites of Georgia's government have been under denial-of-service attacks for weeks, with Russian hackers fingered as the culprits. Those online assaults have only intensified in recent days, as a shooting war between the two countries has broken out. LINK

 

Russian jets targeted a key oil pipeline with over 50 missiles in a weekend bombing raid in Georgia that raised fears the conflict will tighten Moscow's stranglehold on Europe's energy supplies...

Local police recorded 51 strikes. "I have no doubt they wanted to target the pipeline, there is nothing else here," said Giorgi Abrahamisvili, a policeman who witnessed the attack. LINK

 

Poncho,
This is the first thing that came to mind when I heard of the Russian invasion of Georgia. They have been planning this pipeline for over 20 years! The Silkroad caucus,has been around a long time,thats why the Afgan war was needful,next it will be Iran. Funny though how folks still refuse to see the truth..Keep up the good work.
Have you read Paul Sperry's book called "Crude Politics" ? You should if you haven't already done so.

 

e-mail from Jerusalem Prayer Team:

From above:

May the Lord Bless & Protect You on this dangerous mission of mercy. Our love and prayers are with you, Brother.

 

Thanks for your extensive research and reporting on this

Russia is not perfect but it is not the cold war thorn in our side anymore like it used to be, we should be building our relationship with Russian and not some
upstart country with a young buck as leader who led them down a primrose path.

Bush picked the wrong country to make the apple of his eye and now the young buck of a leader makes a big mistake and Russia was ready.

Russia is way so much more important than Georgia, for our energy, our markets, our need to have Russia on board to solve the Iran problem.

I am glad to hear today a de escalation of the conflict.

 

Have you been paying attention to Bush's relationship with putin over these last few years?

 

Yes , I have , have you Mark?

Have you and do you have something to contribute to the discussion?

Do want a renewal of the Cold War?
You don't think Bush poked Russia in the eye over Georgia?(Nato, Troops, Weapons,Mercenaries)
You don't think Washington's boy in Georgia got to arrogant and a head of himself?by attacking Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia?

The last few years 2004-2008 have not exactly been a bed of roses between the two countries because of Bush's push into that region.

at one time Putin played Bush like a drum and Bush came away looking into his soul, and said it was good, so much for Bush discernment.

I say choose Russia over Georgia and ask Georgia to be a good neighbor in the region and share in the wealth of the areas resources.

As for Brezenskie he may be stuck in the Cold War syndrome of the past and needs to turn the attitude towards helping Russia be a strong free market country that we can sell our goods to and we get wealth for our people in return.

I would rather have this nation with strong Christian strings attached with us rather than against us.

 

Aah, the Russian bear shows it's teeth and gets a bit closer to Israel...

Russia's main target is Israel, it's after the mineral wealth at the bottom of the Dead sea, and eventually it will align itself with Muslim states such as Turkey, Iran, Sudan, Libya, etc - according to Ezekiel 38 & 39, and they (Gog and the nations aligned with him in this war) will be destroyed supernaturally by the One True Living God. The hooks in Gog's jaws are the muslim states - they are pulling the bear to a confrontation with Israel.

Apparently the mineral wealth at the bottom of the Dead Sea is worth more than the entire U.S. economy. (God has truly blessed Israel). I know there's a lot of potash at the bottom of the Dead which is required both for making bombs and also fertilizer for growing crops (makes sense because there'll probably be a food shortage).

I believe this war will take place just prior to mid-tribulation, but the fact that Russia is already aligning with Iran and other Muslim states, tells me my homecoming is near.... The Bible states that there will be wars right up to the end, and somewhere along the line Damascus will cease to exist, so I can only imagine that they will be nuked out of existence - Read Isaiah 17, The Oracle of Damascus (the oldest city in the world).

 

The Russians have been preparing for this invasion for some time. The so-called 'poke in Russia's eye' was just an excuse.

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In August 2007, a Russian jet fired a missile (which didn’t explode) into Georgian territory, and Georgia recovered the debris. Russia claimed it was all a Georgian stunt.

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In April of this year, a Russian MIG shot down an unarmed Georgian reconnaissance drone over Abkhazia, blinding Georgia to activities of the Russian military and their proxies in the area.

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Also in April, Russia began a troop buildup on Georgia’s borders.

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In July, Russia began openly flying MIGs through Georgian airspace.

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On July 3 there was an attempt to assassinate Dmitry Sanakoyev, head of the pro-Georgian administration of South Ossetia. Sanakoyev’s bodyguards were wounded by the blast.

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And all the while, the Russian media (Interfax, Itar-Tass) portray Georgia as a dangerous aggressor.

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"Saakashvili didn't need U.S. permission to send his forces into South Ossetia last week, and he has not suggested that he thought U.S. or NATO warplanes would back him up. " - MSNBC

 

Georgia does not have a wealth of resources. They don't have oil. The pipeline through Georgia provides Europe an alternate route that isn't controlled by Putin. Russia didn't shut it down this time, but they have demonstrated that they can, and will, when they feel like it.

 

Apparently you have no clue. Bush has been working on a relationship with Putin since he has been in office. So what if Russia and Putin doesn't like our support of Georgia. Doing so is neither wrong or immoral. They are a legally recognized democratic state. And Putin is an old school KJB communist who is working on renewing the cold war yet again.

You are trying to make a weak case for cause and effect. There is no legal or moral justification. And Putin does not dictate who we suppport. Not to mention Putin supports terrorist states like Iran. Talk about a "poke in the eye". If you want to contribute something yourself contribute some more than cpusa talking points.