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Tbilisi Check: How Crazy Is Ivan?
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. — Update : Not that crazy . Apparently, they've decided to take what they've gotten and declare it a victory. In the long run, Ossetia and Abkhazia are Russian territories and Georgia remains under threat as long as the Russians have the ability to base troops in Ossetia. Now it will depend on what the Russians and Georgians agree to. So, consider the following to be a review of the political and tactical reasons the Russians decided to stop after Gori. Current news has Russian forces just east of Gori about one hour from Tbilisi. The ...

Russia: 'Forget' Georgian territorial integrity
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... as a Russian troop withdrawal from the strategic city seemed to collapse. A fragile cease-fire appeared even more shaky as Russia's foreign minister declared that the world "can forget about any talk about Georgia's territorial integrity." ADVERTISEMENT The declaration from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov came simultaneously with the announcement that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was meeting in the Kremlin with the leaders of Georgia's two separatist provinces. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_re_eu/georgia...

Russia: Georgia can 'forget' breakaway provinces
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... city. The convoy set out from Senaki, another city in western Georgia, he said. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in Washington he saw no need to invoke American military force in the war between Russia and Georgia but warned that U.S.-Russian relations could suffer lasting damage if Moscow doesn't retreat. "The United States spent 45 years working very hard to avoid a military confrontation with Russia," said Gates. "I see no reason to change that approach today."... Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_re_eu/georgia... Soon Georgia can forget about Georgia ...