mediamethadone.com - 8/15/2008
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So what's really going on here? Well...Georgia is a strong American ally. It had 2,000 troops in Iraq until pulling them back to defend their own country. And it's widely reported that US troops helped train Georgian military. Georgia also lets us pass American oil through it from the Caspian Sea where it's shipped over and pumped into our gas tanks. British Petroleum (ahem Beyond Petroleum) ...
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Kremlin Has Been Dumpster Diving In The Nutroots For Talking Points
Pirate's Cove —
... on, Times Online. You have to get with the program. The Russians probably did not dust anything off, but dove in to the fever swamps of someplace like the DU, Kos, or the HuffPost.
Here you have InfoWars (who are also massive Truthers) drinking the Kool Aid.
New World Order goes completely Batshit.
Couldn’t go without mentioning Excitable Andy, ya know.
Even minor loons go wonky. It’s all about da oil!!!!! Oops, yet another.
Weasel Zippers and RC Lightning have the same ...
Kremlin Has Been Dumpster Diving In The Nutroots For Talking Points
Stop The ACLU —
... the old black-and-white movie. Come on, Times Online. You have to get with the program. The Russians probably did not dust anything off, but dove in to the fever swamps of someplace like the DU, Kos, or the HuffPost. Here you have InfoWars (who are also massive Truthers) drinking the Kool Aid. New World Order goes completely Batshit. Couldn’t go without mentioning Excitable Andy , ya know. Even minor loons go wonky . It’s all about da oil!!!!! Oops, yet another . Weasel Zippers and RC Lightning have the same thoughts that I do. ...
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dailypundit.com 8/12/2008 — Transatlantic Politics » Blog Archive » Russia has stopped its invasion in Georgia. But at what price?
But other consequences we can think of are obviously a brutal regime change, an end to Georgia’s NATO aspirations and Europe being cut off from the Caspian oil and gas reserves. Also, a much stronger Russia when dealing with European countries. Already Italy, Belgium and now France are ...
BP shuts down Georgia pipelines —
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]BBC News[/b]
Energy giant BP says it has shut two of three pipelines that run through Georgia as a precautionary measure.
A spokeswoman for the firm said the two oil and gas pipelines, which run from the Caspian Sea into Georgia, had not been damaged by the recent fighting.
The o...
Sure, sure —
Talking Points Memo
TPM Reader WM responds to my post below ...
There is no question in my mind that this is about OIL (as is so much else that happens in this world). There is at least TWO major pipelines in Georgia control of which would give Russia much more control over caspian sea oil.
Russia recognizes (as do the hawks in our admin - all oil people) that at least for now OIL = POWER. Russia has ...
Russian Bear Goes For West’s Jugular —
Pat Dollard | Young Americans
Short article, you’ll blaze through it. And key.
The Daily Mail:
The war in Georgia escalated dangerously last night after Russian jets reportedly bombed a vital pipeline that supplies oil to the West.
After a day of heightening international tensions, Georgian leaders claimed that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which transports oil from the Caspian Sea to Turkey, had been ...
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