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Putin: Georgia could have maintained its territorial integrity

Published: 08 August, 2009, 20:42


Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Georgia could have kept Abkhazia and South Ossetia within its territory if it had treated its people with respect.

 
4 COMMENTS
Rikard August 08, 2009, 20:50 quote
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Expalined well, simple and exact. He must have learned from life, not from media opinion makers like in Yugoslavia: “Life is cruel education, but you learn”.

Kenneth T. Tellis August 08, 2009, 21:49 quote
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The Georgian attempt to seize South Ossetia was a typical blunder from a armed puppet. Mikheil Saakashvili was advised to attack South Ossetia under the cover of the Olympic Games opening in Beijing, China. For George W. Bush this would have been the crowning glory of his ho hum career. What he thought was that the Russians would not be able to help the South Ossetians in time, if the Georgians had the upper hand. But he not counted on Russia acting so decisively. The Georgian Army of would-be conqueror Mikheil Saakashviliu was caught with its pants down and soundly defeated by the Russian liberation forces. Now is the time for the Republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to strengthen their resolve and be ready for any further Georgian encroachment on their beloved soil.

Ergatis August 09, 2009, 01:52 quote
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Putin is simply the best...

Maxwell August 09, 2009, 10:18 quote
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Most of Georgian populations will be glad to live under Moscow rule, however due to Saakashvili anti Russia policy cause a lot of division in Georgia. Georgia was part of Soviet, there was many interaction between Russian and Georgian in the last 60 years. There many cross marriages between Russian and Georgian. There are still large number of Georgian people living in Russian. Peoples in Georgia should removed Saakashvili from Georgia and install a Moscow and Washingston friendly President.

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