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To: combjelly who wrote (405549)	8/10/2008 4:14:02 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574212

"Events are in the saddle and Obama is going along for the ride -- this matches President Bush's approach to the crisis, and that's not a good thing." Too true. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be a good solution. No kidding. Bush sat next Putin during the opening ceremonies......apparently they are still close. Isn't that grand?

To: combjelly who wrote (405549)	8/10/2008 5:05:36 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574212

Its getting worse........Russia now is attacking Georgia proper. I imagine NATO forces will be mobilized. WSJ: Russian Aircraft Bombed Tbilisi Airport Military Facilities -Georgia 56 minutes ago TBILISI, Georgia (Dow Jones)--Georgia said Sunday Russian aircraft bombed military facilities at Tbilisi airport - though the capital's main international civilian airport remained open - and launched major land offensives from the north and west of the country. Russian aircraft bombed the international airport at 5:45 a.m. local time, said Shota Utiashvili, spokesman for Georgia's interior ministry. He also said 6,000 Russian troops had entered the Georgian enclave of South Ossetia overnight with 90 tanks and numerous armored vehicles and helicopter gunships. Another 4,000 Russian troops had landed at Ocamcire, a Black Sea port in Georgia's Russian-backed separatist enclave Abkhazia. Russian officials had confirmed sending two ships to Georgia's Black Sea coast, but it was not immediately possible to verify the other information. Utiashvili said the data on Russian troop numbers had come from Georgian intelligence. Utiashvili said Georgian positions around Tskhinvali in South Ossetia were under heavy attack Sunday morning. Russian troops first entered Georgian territory Thursday under disputed circumstances. Russia says Georgia had launched an unprovoked assault on South Ossetia and that Russia was obliged to protect its peacekeepers and citizens. In recent years, Moscow has issued Russian passports to most South Ossetians, an ethnic group estimated to number up to 70,000 in Georgia. Georgia says South Ossetian troops breached a ceasfire Thursday and launched a major attack, while Russian forces were already enroute to back them up. South Ossetia and Abkhazia broke away from Georgia in the early 1990s in heavy fighting, backed by volunteers and air support from Russia. Abkhazia seeks independence, while South Ossetia wishes to join Russia. news.ino.com