"Ha. Only yesterday you were talking about "how surprised" Condi was."
Yes, I was. Your point?
"You're all over the place, man. Take a couple of deep breaths."
Hmm. Ok, let me guess. You don't have an actual clue so you are pretending.
What I was alluding to is that we knew Georgia was going to attack South Ossetia. After all, we did put the troops involved through some rigorous training. Did we advise them that Russia would not actually invade Georgia and that if they were able to cut off the tunnel through the mountains in South Ossetia then Russia would be screwed? Or did we merely agree with them?
Assuming, of course, that the Russian reports are accurate and not just some neo-like lying through their teeth.
But, let's assume that the Russians aren't lying. No real reason to suspect that, but...
Ok, what do we have? Now, it could be that we didn't expect the Russians to respond like they did. In other words, we were caught by surprise. Or, we expected that response, but didn't let the Georgians know so that there was a crisis come election time. Or, it could be that we have some deeper plan that doesn't hinge on being incompetent or cynically manipulating a small country for purely political reasons. Not sure what that could be, but I throw it out there anyway. |
