Interesting timeing

[den]

So while the world is focussing on the Olympics, Russia moves troops into Georgia and the fighting starts.

Comments

[dhlawrence.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that certainly was interesting timing, wasn't it? I guess they thought nobody would notice.

[trpeal.livejournal.com]

The Russians always seem to have excellent timing. In the timeline of the RPG Twilight 2000 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_2000), the USSR launches a first-strike nuclear attack against the US on Thanksgiving (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_%28United_States%29).

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

I seem to have read someplace this morning that Russia waited until key Georgian officials were absent or somesuch to start this, and now I can't find the article. That's what I get for reading other news aside from the BBC:P. Just what the world needs. NOT.

[damienps.livejournal.com]

And the Chinese say May you live in interesting times.

[hespa.livejournal.com]

OK... Am I missing something?

From my reading of that article, Russian troops were already in Georgia - or rather, in South Ossetia, with whom they seem to have an alliance. The new move appears to be Georgia's, trying to retake South Ossetia while the world is looking elsewhere.

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

Has the Comintern returned? Shall we be fighting the next domino war soon because Putin and his cronies want to restore the glory of the Soviet Union?

Unfortunately, in the world's view, we are impotent to do anything because at least Russia has historical claims to Georgia, and will say that we had no rights to Iraq, regardless of the violations of our armistice.

This will not end well.

-=TK

[lonita.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was all over the news here yesterday. Nice timing.

[camstone.livejournal.com]

Of course, they are going for the real gold!

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

Putin's a smart cookie... unfortunately. Smart, but evil.

I wonder if Ol'George will get ideas?

Slightly worrying thing is, IIRC Georgia has some ex-soviet nuclear weapons, assuming they haven't flogged them on the black market and they still work that is..

[marmoe.livejournal.com]

I kind of second hespa. AFAIK, Russian troops only moved in after Georgia attacked to retake and Russia sent troops (which were either there already (not sure, possibly called by the local government that nobody but Russia acknowledges) or at least nearby on alert) under the "we need to protect our citizens, no matter where" ruse. Neither side is playing fair and both are content with having a war, as far as I can tell. :-(