What Was the Point, Russia?
Posted by Kirk M on 19 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: IMHO, The News, Times a changing
To the ones who give the orders,
I read today that Russia is beginning it’s withdrawal from Georgia after beating a violent path to the city of Gori. But what destruction came at the hands of the Russians was nothing compared to the destruction caused by the Ossetia, Russia, and, in one case, Chechnya looters (according to various victims) that came after the Russian army had passed. These less than worthless wastes of life looted, burned and maimed their cowardly way well behind the Russians as they made their way south. So what was your point Russia?
Did you think you were actually going to be able to invade and finally retake a rebellious country back into the fold by force? And tell me you didn’t know that hordes of these miserable creatures would be no more than a few miles behind you wherever you went. Are you blind enough to believe that you can get away with what you got away with 30 and 40 years ago or was this another childish remonstration that basically amounted to a punishment for breaking away in the first place akin to a schoolyard bully thrashing a smaller boy simply because he told him no? A deterrent to other Russian provinces that you fear might also break away and declare their own independence?
The whole world’s watching you Russia, every move you make is almost immediately broadcast globally through every possible medium available thanks to the Internet and the WWW and there aren’t many out there cheering you on, especially those who “fought” in the Cold War because there won’t be another Cold War. The next one will get very hot indeed, it couldn’t be otherwise; the environment that created the first one doesn’t exist any longer and the whole world will suffer for it and that is not acceptable. Understanding that the old USA has it’s own lessons to learn in the same respect, we’re still several strides ahead of you so to the ones who give the orders to those armies of yours, it’s past time you smartened up.
Not that my expression of disdain here actually means anything, not that it’s going to make a whit of difference one way or another, it’s just probably a damn good thing I’m not in a position where I could make a difference since it definitely wouldn’t be pretty. I guess that makes me no better than you, does it?
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on 19 Aug 2008 at 1:20 pm 1.janeywan said …
Great post Kirk. Tell it like it is!
on 19 Aug 2008 at 5:41 pm 2.Kirk M said …
Hi janeywan, (thanks!)
Have you ever known me not to?
on 19 Aug 2008 at 6:22 pm 3.Elaine said …
I lost my train of thought here for a minute with the gorgeous Russian beauty ad to the right. You know what scares the hell out of me is McCain’s reaction to this Russian crises. Lord help us if he gets elected, he would like nothing more than a showdown with Putin, and I don’t think we would fare well.
on 20 Aug 2008 at 12:36 pm 4.Kirk M said …
Hi Elaine,
Whoa there, I saw her there yesterday. Folks are going to start thinking I have some sort of mail order bride thing going on the side. Hmmm, I’m short on cash right now, might be something worth looking into….nah! No place to keep ‘em until they’re picked up by respective grooms to be.
And you’re right about McKaine. The last thing we need is his “patriotic” self in the oval office trading barbs with Moscow. I’d much more like us to live our lives in some sort of semblance of peace like this was actually the 21st century.
on 21 Aug 2008 at 11:08 pm 5.Quickroute said …
Steer a submarine down my way and I’ll hop aboard and let’s torpedo these folks outta here. I have to say I’m not impressed how the USA handled this either - talk about hedging your bets!
on 22 Aug 2008 at 9:33 am 6.Kirk M said …
Quickroute,
It’ll take me a bit, have to contact some old buddies off mine. I’d recommend tomahawks over torpedoes. Better range and can pinpoint land targets with amazing accuracy. Always did like surgical removal over mass kill anyway.
I have to agree with you on “hedging bets”. Never said we were perfect. Still, it’s a dicey situation to say the least of it. I hear that by next week there’s going to be a rather large task force of NATO warships in the Black Sea including a few of ours (meaning US Navy) that are taking part in a “previously planned” NATO exercise that has “absolutely nothing to do with the current conflict going on in Georgia” so we might already have one in there by now for advanced “Intel” purposes.
on 25 Aug 2008 at 5:47 pm 7.Watson & Crick said …
No one handled this situation that well. Someone argued with me that their invasion of Georgia was none of our business, and I think the last time someone had that attitude was when Hitler was taking over Europe.
on 16 Sep 2008 at 4:25 am 8.Labelle said …
You know what scares the hell out of me is McCain’s reaction to this Russian crises. Lord help us if he gets elected, he would like nothing more than a showdown with Putin, and I don’t think we would fare well.