Georgia and Zionist/Jewish/Israeli Conspiracy
Here are the Cold Hard Facts:
1) Ossetia is a ninety percent Russian area. Georgia has made repeated efforts to ethnically cleanse the region. Russian peacekeeping troops have been in Ossetia for years and were approved in international agreements so as to protect the citizens of the region from attacks by the Georgian military.
2) Georgia, not Russia, started this war. Georgia invaded Ossetia trying to take control of the region and ethnically cleanse the Russian population.
3) The Georgian Army, commanded by their Minister of Defense (who is also an Israeli citizen), launched a surprise invasion and attack that caused the deaths of at least a thousand people in its first 24 hours. This attack was committed while the attention of the world was on the Olympics.
4) In the wake of Georgia’s military invasion and massacres, Russia responded by battling to protect the Ossetian people and fighting the Georgia military so it could not continue its invasion and assault. Thousands of Ossetian civilians became refugees from the Georgian assault.
5) Instead of reporting these cold, hard facts to the world, the Jewish-influenced media has been dishonestly reporting that the Zionist-allied Georgian state is a victim of “Russian aggression” and a “Russian invasion.” Georgia invaded, bombed, and massacred the people of Ossetia to start this conflict. On the cable news networks for hours after the Georgian launched invasion and massacres in Ossetia, all Americans were permitted to see was the Georgia President and Jewish U.S. State Department officials screaming about how Georgia was “invaded” by Russia!
6) Instead of condemning Georgia from the outset for the invasion and massacre, Neocon controlled politicians such as George Bush are condemning Russia and attempting to move America and Europe toward a completely unjustified conflict with Russia.
Now I offer you six reasons why the heavily Jewish-influenced media and political establishment of America side with Georgia:
1) As Israeli newspapers freely report, Israel has long allied itself with Georgia, trained its troops, and supplied weapons to Georgia. Key figures in the Georgia government are Israeli citizens and partisans for Israel, including the “Georgian” who directly launched the war, Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili. The major “Georgia” Spokesman is Temur Yakobashvili, also an Israeli citizen, is Georgia’s minister of reintegration.
2) Israel has strategic oil pipeline and economic interests in Georgia that it wants to keep under control.
3) Israel and Jewish powerbrokers around the world are angry with Russia because Russia keeps the Jewish Neocon-controlled United States from total domination of United Nations policy toward Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and toward a war against Iran.
4) The Russian government has had the courage to prosecute some of the Jewish criminal Oligarchs in Russia such as Berezovsky, Gusinsky, Khodorkovsky and others, a great many of whom have fled with their stolen billions to Israel and other nations.
5) Russia is a democratic state, and not controlled by special interests such as the United States is by AIPAC and Jewish campaign money. While Jewish-influenced newspapers and politicians complain about “democracy in Russia,” America maintains a completely controlled two party system that is structured to stifle Third Party dissent and representation. Russia is no longer a communist state but an anti-communist state in the true sense. While Russia has moved toward more freedom and healthy national sentiment, America has moved toward more state control of every aspect of life. Ironically, today American policy is dominated by Neocons, a Jewish extremist led group that was founded by followers of Leon Trotsky (Lev Bronstein) the notorious Jewish Bolshevik head of the Red Army in the early years of the Communist revolution in Russia, a man who murdered millions of Christians.
6) Zionists are trying to make the great, overwhelming White nation of Russia an enemy of America and Europe because nationalist Russia stymies their plans for the Mideast and for the New World Order. The conflict between Russia and Georgia is not in the true interest of either country, but one in which their main enemy, Russia is weakened both financially and in the court of world opinion, and Israel gets to sell Georgia more weapons. Once you understand the powerful role of the Jewish supremacists in media and government you can begin understand the nature of the world’s major conflicts.
What it all boils down to is simply the fact that powerful Jewish influence in politics and media in the United States see it in Israel’s interest and the interest of the Jewish people to side with Georgia and try to harm Russia. Sadly, as reflected by our Israeli policy, by our catastrophic War for Israel in Iraq, by our Jewish-influenced tottering to the brink of a cataclysmic war with Iran, and by this insane escalation of conflict with anti-communist Russia, we are acting not in the interest of the American people, not in the interest of freedom, justice or fairness, but simply showing our complete subservience to the Jewish extremists.
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--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "union_faruque" wrote:Re: Bush seeks to contain violent conflict in Georgia
I would like to prosecute Georgian President and his advisors for war crimes and genocide. Because it was them who have initiated military actions and violence to solve a complex political problem rather than genuinely seeking for a pragmatic solution! Should we proceed in such a direction, they may tell us the perpetrators who incited this violence and misguided them in the first place. Penultimately, we would be in a position to prosecute Bush and co for their crimes in the Russian region and elsewhere.
--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, John Robinson wrote:freeamericanow] Bush seeks to contain violent conflict in Georgia
Grandma,
Here are the Cold Hard Facts:
1) Ossetia is a ninety percent Russian area. Georgia has made repeated efforts to ethnically cleanse the region. Russian peacekeeping troops have been in Ossetia for years and were approved in international agreements so as to protect the citizens of the region from attacks by the Georgian military.
2) Georgia, not Russia, started this war. Georgia invaded Ossetia trying to take control of the region and ethnically cleanse the Russian population.
3) The Georgian Army, commanded by their Minister of Defense (who is also an Israeli citizen), launched a surprise invasion and attack that caused the deaths of at least a thousand people in its first 24 hours. This attack was committed while the attention of the world was on the Olympics.
4) In the wake of Georgia’s military invasion and massacres, Russia responded by battling to protect the Ossetian people and fighting the Georgia military so it could not continue its invasion and assault. Thousands of Ossetian civilians became refugees from the Georgian assault.
5) Instead of reporting these cold, hard facts to the world, the Jewish-influenced media has been dishonestly reporting that the Zionist-allied Georgian state is a victim of “Russian aggression” and a “Russian invasion.” Georgia invaded, bombed, and massacred the people of Ossetia to start this conflict. On the cable news networks for hours after the Georgian launched invasion and massacres in Ossetia, all Americans were permitted to see was the Georgia President and Jewish U.S. State Department officials screaming about how Georgia was “invaded” by Russia!
6) Instead of condemning Georgia from the outset for the invasion and massacre, Neocon controlled politicians such as George Bush are condemning Russia and attempting to move America and Europe toward a completely unjustified conflict with Russia.
Now I offer you six reasons why the heavily Jewish-influenced media and political establishment of America side with Georgia:
1) As Israeli newspapers freely report, Israel has long allied itself with Georgia, trained its troops, and supplied weapons to Georgia. Key figures in the Georgia government are Israeli citizens and partisans for Israel, including the “Georgian” who directly launched the war, Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili. The major “Georgia” Spokesman is Temur Yakobashvili, also an Israeli citizen, is Georgia’s minister of reintegration.
2) Israel has strategic oil pipeline and economic interests in Georgia that it wants to keep under control.
3) Israel and Jewish powerbrokers around the world are angry with Russia because Russia keeps the Jewish Neocon-controlled United States from total domination of United Nations policy toward Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and toward a war against Iran.
4) The Russian government has had the courage to prosecute some of the Jewish criminal Oligarchs in Russia such as Berezovsky, Gusinsky, Khodorkovsky and others, a great many of whom have fled with their stolen billions to Israel and other nations.
5) Russia is a democratic state, and not controlled by special interests such as the United States is by AIPAC and Jewish campaign money. While Jewish-influenced newspapers and politicians complain about “democracy in Russia,” America maintains a completely controlled two party system that is structured to stifle Third Party dissent and representation. Russia is no longer a communist state but an anti-communist state in the true sense. While Russia has moved toward more freedom and healthy national sentiment, America has moved toward more state control of every aspect of life. Ironically, today American policy is dominated by Neocons, a Jewish extremist led group that was founded by followers of Leon Trotsky (Lev Bronstein) the notorious Jewish Bolshevik head of the Red Army in the early years of the Communist revolution in Russia, a man who murdered millions of Christians.
6) Zionists are trying to make the great, overwhelming White nation of Russia an enemy of America and Europe because nationalist Russia stymies their plans for the Mideast and for the New World Order. The conflict between Russia and Georgia is not in the true interest of either country, but one in which their main enemy, Russia is weakened both financially and in the court of world opinion, and Israel gets to sell Georgia more weapons. Once you understand the powerful role of the Jewish supremacists in media and government you can begin understand the nature of the world’s major conflicts.
What it all boils down to is simply the fact that powerful Jewish influence in politics and media in the United States see it in Israel’s interest and the interest of the Jewish people to side with Georgia and try to harm Russia. Sadly, as reflected by our Israeli policy, by our catastrophic War for Israel in Iraq, by our Jewish-influenced tottering to the brink of a cataclysmic war with Iran, and by this insane escalation of conflict with anti-communist Russia, we are acting not in the interest of the American people, not in the interest of freedom, justice or fairness, but simply showing our complete subservience to the Jewish extremists.
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--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "union_faruque"
I would like to prosecute Georgian President and his advisors for war crimes and genocide. Because it was them who have initiated military actions and violence to solve a complex political problem rather than genuinely seeking for a pragmatic solution! Should we proceed in such a direction, they may tell us the perpetrators who incited this violence and misguided them in the first place. Penultimately, we would be in a position to prosecute Bush and co for their crimes in the Russian region and elsewhere.
--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, John Robinson
Grandma,
This is height of hypocrisy and shows the true colors of US. I think what US means is "Do not do what I am doing but do what I am saying".
President Bush sought to contain the explosive conflict in Georgia on Sunday as the White House warned that "Russian aggression must not go unanswered."
Mr. Bush what will you do, other than holding your own dick. You do not have enough resources to open a third front. As it is, you are begging whole world to provide troops.
Cheney told Saakashvili that "Russian aggression must not go unanswered, and that its continuation would have serious consequences for its relations with the United States, as well as the broader international community," McBride said.
Lying again. International community does not have the face to face Russia. What was it doing in the face of naked aggression by USA and its allies in Afghanistan & Iraq.
In Washington, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the United States must work closely with Europe in condemning Russia's actions.
Lying again. International community does not have the face to face Russia. What was it doing in the face of naked aggression by USA and its allies in Afghanistan & Iraq.
In Washington, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the United States must work closely with Europe in condemning Russia's actions.
"We cannot just go out alone on this and talk and act unilaterally. We don't have much impact, I believe, in terms of our unilateral declarations anymore with the administration' s approach to the world," said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. "We've got to stand together with European allies."
Sorry Senator. You got a bigger problem. It is called credibility. Regarding Allies. russia also has come allies, who will be willing to have a final solution to this problem of Europeans attacking Asian nations and then crying when one of their own gets the same medicine.
"We hope that there is no further bloodshed. There has been too much bloodshed already," Jeffrey said.
Asked about the possibility of sending the U.S. military or other aid to Georgia, Jeffrey said, "Right now our focus is on working with both sides, with the Europeans and with a whole variety of international institutions and organizations to get the fighting to stop."
Levin, too, did not see the chance of U.S. military involvement, though he said the U.S. needs to make clear to Russia that its action "is way out of line."
"It has to be condemned and the world needs to stand against it," Levin said. Oh yeah. Same way as world condemned your attack on Iraq and Afghanistan and vietnam and so on. I hope Russia will also respond in the same way as you did to international criticism.
Sorry Senator. You got a bigger problem. It is called credibility. Regarding Allies. russia also has come allies, who will be willing to have a final solution to this problem of Europeans attacking Asian nations and then crying when one of their own gets the same medicine.
"We hope that there is no further bloodshed. There has been too much bloodshed already," Jeffrey said.
Asked about the possibility of sending the U.S. military or other aid to Georgia, Jeffrey said, "Right now our focus is on working with both sides, with the Europeans and with a whole variety of international institutions and organizations to get the fighting to stop."
Levin, too, did not see the chance of U.S. military involvement, though he said the U.S. needs to make clear to Russia that its action "is way out of line."
"It has to be condemned and the world needs to stand against it," Levin said. Oh yeah. Same way as world condemned your attack on Iraq and Afghanistan and vietnam and so on. I hope Russia will also respond in the same way as you did to international criticism.
Sanjay Pandey
BangaloreKarnatakaIndia
--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "union_faruque" wrote:
--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "union_faruque"
The world knows about Georgia's illegal and immoral invasion of Iraq. Georgia did it because the biggest terrorist gangs of the world told the Georgian stupid and greedy leadership, "if you are with us you are one of us and we will protect you should you get invaded or attacked … ". When the whole world attention was focused on the Beijing Olympics the Bush gang gave the green light to use force and violence to address a complex political problem. The Georgian gangs went on to conduct ethnic cleansing like the mighty Israel! Russia acted with force similar to the misguided Bush "clones" while terrorist Bush chickened out for very good reasons. Yet, the most violent and brutal terrorist leader Bush got the audacity to say, "violence is not the solution"!!
--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "Jodie" wrote:
Re: Bush seeks to contain violent conflict in Georgia
Sanjay I am sickened, witnessing the "height of hypocrisy" and true colors demonstrated by the U.S. I will have to say that, although I do not approve of war and death and destruction, I was glad to see Cowboy Putin, with his guns a-blazing; riding his horse back into the arena ... right up to the edge of that Oil Pipeline. "Don't even try it..."
Of course, uninformed U.S. citizens are being fed the usual baby food this morning by the U.S. media, with anti-Russian statements by Bush, Obama, and others... Bush: "Such an inhuman action (by Russia) is unacceptable in the 21st Century. Americans are standing by you !! " ( While Bush was thinking... "We want control of that oil pipeline !! No oil for Russia." )
Grandma
--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "union_faruque" wrote:
Re: Bush seeks to contain violent conflict in Georgia
I did not know Bush follows Mahatma Gandhi!
--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, sanjay pandey wrote:
Re: [freeamericanow] Bush seeks to contain violent conflict in Georgia
--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "Jodie"
Re: Bush seeks to contain violent conflict in Georgia
Sanjay I am sickened, witnessing the "height of hypocrisy" and true colors demonstrated by the U.S. I will have to say that, although I do not approve of war and death and destruction, I was glad to see Cowboy Putin, with his guns a-blazing; riding his horse back into the arena ... right up to the edge of that Oil Pipeline. "Don't even try it..."
Of course, uninformed U.S. citizens are being fed the usual baby food this morning by the U.S. media, with anti-Russian statements by Bush, Obama, and others... Bush: "Such an inhuman action (by Russia) is unacceptable in the 21st Century. Americans are standing by you !! " ( While Bush was thinking... "We want control of that oil pipeline !! No oil for Russia." )
Grandma
--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "union_faruque"
Re: Bush seeks to contain violent conflict in Georgia
I did not know Bush follows Mahatma Gandhi!
--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, sanjay pandey
Re: [freeamericanow] Bush seeks to contain violent conflict in Georgia
Grandma,
This is height of hypocrisy and shows the true colors of US. I think what US means is "Do not do what I am doing but do what I am saying".
President Bush sought to contain the explosive conflict in Georgia on Sunday as the White House warned that "Russian aggression must not go unanswered."
Mr. Bush what will you do, other than holding your own dick. You do not have enough resources to open a third front. As it is, you are begging whole world to provide troops.
Cheney told Saakashvili that "Russian aggression must not go unanswered, and that its continuation would have serious consequences for its relations with the United States, as well as the broader international community," McBride said.
Lying again. International community does not have the face to face Russia. What was it doing in the face of naked aggression by USA and its allies in Afghanistan & Iraq.
In Washington, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the United States must work closely with Europe in condemning Russia's actions.
Lying again. International community does not have the face to face Russia. What was it doing in the face of naked aggression by USA and its allies in Afghanistan & Iraq.
In Washington, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the United States must work closely with Europe in condemning Russia's actions.
"We cannot just go out alone on this and talk and act unilaterally. We don't have much impact, I believe, in terms of our unilateral declarations anymore with the administration' s approach to the world," said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. "We've got to stand together with European allies."
Sorry Senator. You got a bigger problem. It is called credibility. Regarding Allies. russia also has come allies, who will be willing to have a final solution to this problem of Europeans attacking Asian nations and then crying when one of their own gets the same medicine.
"We hope that there is no further bloodshed. There has been too much bloodshed already," Jeffrey said.
Asked about the possibility of sending the U.S. military or other aid to Georgia, Jeffrey said, "Right now our focus is on working with both sides, with the Europeans and with a whole variety of international institutions and organizations to get the fighting to stop."
Levin, too, did not see the chance of U.S. military involvement, though he said the U.S. needs to make clear to Russia that its action "is way out of line."
Sorry Senator. You got a bigger problem. It is called credibility. Regarding Allies. russia also has come allies, who will be willing to have a final solution to this problem of Europeans attacking Asian nations and then crying when one of their own gets the same medicine.
"We hope that there is no further bloodshed. There has been too much bloodshed already," Jeffrey said.
Asked about the possibility of sending the U.S. military or other aid to Georgia, Jeffrey said, "Right now our focus is on working with both sides, with the Europeans and with a whole variety of international institutions and organizations to get the fighting to stop."
Levin, too, did not see the chance of U.S. military involvement, though he said the U.S. needs to make clear to Russia that its action "is way out of line."
"It has to be condemned and the world needs to stand against it," Levin said.
Oh yeah. Same way as world condemned your attack on Iraq and Afghanistan and vietnam and so on. I hope Russia will also respond in the same way as you did to international criticism.Sanjay PandeyBangaloreKarnatakaIndia
--- On Mon, 11/8/08, Jodie wrote:
From: JodieSubject: [freeamericanow] Bush seeks to contain violent conflict in GeorgiaTo: freeamericanow@yahoogroups.comDate: Monday, 11 August, 2008, 7:34 AM
To Bush and Cheney : SHUT UP !!!!!!!!!!
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Bush seeks to contain violent conflict in Georgia
By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer 47 minutes ago
BEIJING - President Bush sought to contain the explosive conflict in Georgia on Sunday as the White House warned that "Russian aggression must not go unanswered."
The crisis over a breakaway province, South Ossetia, appeared to ebb as Georgian troops began retreating and honoring a cease-fire, a claim Russia disputed. U.S. officials said Moscow was only broadening its retaliation against Georgia for trying to take control of the region..
The sheer scope of Russia's military response has the Bush administration deeply worried. Russia on Sunday expanded its bombing blitz in areas of Georgia not central to the fighting.
Vice President Dick Cheney spoke Sunday afternoon with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, Cheney press secretary Lee Ann McBride said. "The vice president expressed the United States' solidarity with the Georgian people and their democratically elected government in the face of this threat to Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity," McBride said.
Cheney told Saakashvili that "Russian aggression must not go unanswered, and that its continuation would have serious consequences for its relations with the United States, as well as the broader international community," McBride said.
A Russian official said more than 2,000 people had been killed in South Ossetia since Friday; the figure could not be confirmed independently.
The president was to end his weeklong stay to Asia by attending a baseball game and other events Monday at the Beijing Olympics. The trip was meant mostly for fun and games â€" there have been plenty of both. But the fast-moving conflict in Georgia has grabbed his attention.
Bush, pressing international mediation, reached out Sunday to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who heads the European Union. The two agreed on the need for a cease-fire and a respect for Georgia's integrity, White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said.
In Washington, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the United States must work closely with Europe in condemning Russia's actions.
"We cannot just go out alone on this and talk and act unilaterally. We don't have much impact, I believe, in terms of our unilateral declarations anymore with the administration' s approach to the world," said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. "We've got to stand together with European allies."
Georgia, whose troops have been trained by American soldiers, began an offensive to regain control over South Ossetia overnight Friday, launching heavy rocket and artillery fire and air strikes that pounded the provincial capital, Tskhinvali. In response, Russia launched overwhelming artillery shelling and air attacks on Georgian troops.
"We're alarmed by this entire situation, and every escalatory step is a further problem," deputy national security adviser Jim Jeffrey told reporters.
The U.S. military began flying 2,000 Georgian troops home from Iraq after Georgia recalled the soldiers following the outbreak of fighting with Russia. The decision was a timely payback for the former Soviet republic that has been a staunch U.S. supporter and agreed to send troops to Iraq as part of the U.S.-led coalition. Georgia was the third-largest contributor of coalition forces after the U.S. and Britain, and most of its troops were stationed near the Iranian border in southeastern Iraq.
The risk of the conflict setting off a wider war increased when Russian-supported separatists in another breakaway region of Georgia, Abkhazia, launched air and artillery strikes on Georgian troops to drive them out of a small part of the province they control.
Also, Ukraine warned Russia it could bar Russian navy ships from returning to their base in the Crimea because of their deployment to Georgia's coast.
"If those Russian ships leave that port in the Black Sea and if Ukraine decides that it is not going to allow those ships back into that port ... that is a potentially much greater conflagration involving a wider regional area," Levin said.
The White House sought to reassure that the administration â€" including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen â€" were talking to parties on both sides and trying for a diplomatic solution.
"We hope that there is no further bloodshed. There has been too much bloodshed already," Jeffrey said.
Asked about the possibility of sending the U.S. military or other aid to Georgia, Jeffrey said, "Right now our focus is on working with both sides, with the Europeans and with a whole variety of international institutions and organizations to get the fighting to stop."
Levin, too, did not see the chance of U.S. military involvement, though he said the U.S. needs to make clear to Russia that its action "is way out of line."
"It has to be condemned and the world needs to stand against it," Levin said.
Source: Free America Now
--- On Mon, 11/8/08, Jodie
From: Jodie
To Bush and Cheney : SHUT UP !!!!!!!!!!
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Bush seeks to contain violent conflict in Georgia
By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer 47 minutes ago
BEIJING - President Bush sought to contain the explosive conflict in Georgia on Sunday as the White House warned that "Russian aggression must not go unanswered."
The crisis over a breakaway province, South Ossetia, appeared to ebb as Georgian troops began retreating and honoring a cease-fire, a claim Russia disputed. U.S. officials said Moscow was only broadening its retaliation against Georgia for trying to take control of the region..
The sheer scope of Russia's military response has the Bush administration deeply worried. Russia on Sunday expanded its bombing blitz in areas of Georgia not central to the fighting.
Vice President Dick Cheney spoke Sunday afternoon with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, Cheney press secretary Lee Ann McBride said. "The vice president expressed the United States' solidarity with the Georgian people and their democratically elected government in the face of this threat to Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity," McBride said.
Cheney told Saakashvili that "Russian aggression must not go unanswered, and that its continuation would have serious consequences for its relations with the United States, as well as the broader international community," McBride said.
A Russian official said more than 2,000 people had been killed in South Ossetia since Friday; the figure could not be confirmed independently.
The president was to end his weeklong stay to Asia by attending a baseball game and other events Monday at the Beijing Olympics. The trip was meant mostly for fun and games â€" there have been plenty of both. But the fast-moving conflict in Georgia has grabbed his attention.
Bush, pressing international mediation, reached out Sunday to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who heads the European Union. The two agreed on the need for a cease-fire and a respect for Georgia's integrity, White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said.
In Washington, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the United States must work closely with Europe in condemning Russia's actions.
"We cannot just go out alone on this and talk and act unilaterally. We don't have much impact, I believe, in terms of our unilateral declarations anymore with the administration' s approach to the world," said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. "We've got to stand together with European allies."
Georgia, whose troops have been trained by American soldiers, began an offensive to regain control over South Ossetia overnight Friday, launching heavy rocket and artillery fire and air strikes that pounded the provincial capital, Tskhinvali. In response, Russia launched overwhelming artillery shelling and air attacks on Georgian troops.
"We're alarmed by this entire situation, and every escalatory step is a further problem," deputy national security adviser Jim Jeffrey told reporters.
The U.S. military began flying 2,000 Georgian troops home from Iraq after Georgia recalled the soldiers following the outbreak of fighting with Russia. The decision was a timely payback for the former Soviet republic that has been a staunch U.S. supporter and agreed to send troops to Iraq as part of the U.S.-led coalition. Georgia was the third-largest contributor of coalition forces after the U.S. and Britain, and most of its troops were stationed near the Iranian border in southeastern Iraq.
The risk of the conflict setting off a wider war increased when Russian-supported separatists in another breakaway region of Georgia, Abkhazia, launched air and artillery strikes on Georgian troops to drive them out of a small part of the province they control.
Also, Ukraine warned Russia it could bar Russian navy ships from returning to their base in the Crimea because of their deployment to Georgia's coast.
"If those Russian ships leave that port in the Black Sea and if Ukraine decides that it is not going to allow those ships back into that port ... that is a potentially much greater conflagration involving a wider regional area," Levin said.
The White House sought to reassure that the administration â€" including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen â€" were talking to parties on both sides and trying for a diplomatic solution.
"We hope that there is no further bloodshed. There has been too much bloodshed already," Jeffrey said.
Asked about the possibility of sending the U.S. military or other aid to Georgia, Jeffrey said, "Right now our focus is on working with both sides, with the Europeans and with a whole variety of international institutions and organizations to get the fighting to stop."
Levin, too, did not see the chance of U.S. military involvement, though he said the U.S. needs to make clear to Russia that its action "is way out of line."
"It has to be condemned and the world needs to stand against it," Levin said.
Source: Free America Now
