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Russian Troops In Georgia

cnn.com — Russian television Friday showed a convoy of Russian tanks and said they were heading into the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia as escalating tensions over the region threatened to boil into full blown conflict. The move came after Russia denounced as "aggressive" a Georgian troops military offensive.

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  • orlyfactor, on 08/08/2008, -63/+200"We urge all sides to refrain from violence and to begin direct talks." says White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe. Oh, the hypocrisy and that guy's name. He's just begging to be an unidentified body.
    • solid12345, on 08/08/2008, -7/+116Welcome to global politics, hypocricy is the center-piece of international diplomacy.
      • digglet08, on 08/08/2008, -17/+2oh digg
      • jabberwolf, on 08/08/2008, -24/+8Basically talk is cheap.

        I hope Obama fans are paying attention to "diplomatic" solutions. You cant do ***** without having force behind it. That's the real world and Russia laughs at "diplomatic talks".
      • forgottenhope, on 08/08/2008, -12/+23obama doesnt need any points, his advisers are already picked. when has any president in the last 50 years thought for themselves. hell when have any of them.

        our presdients do what isreal says to do.
      • hipnerd, on 08/08/2008, -8/+19@jabberwolf: If we listened to Obama, our military wouldn't be bogged down in an unnecessary war in Iraq. Bush's policies have weakened the U.S. position abroad in every conceivable way, by tying up our military, lowering our prestige, destroying our economy and weakening our ties to our allies.

        To see this as an example of Obama's policies failing is laughable.
      • solid12345, on 08/08/2008, -8/+11@forgottenhope, as usual somehow some what Israel is dragged into every political discussion, just come right out and say the Jews are responsible for this war too.
      • humperdeath, on 08/08/2008, -13/+9O my God, this is terrible, as I have some family in Atlanta. I am wondering if they are near these tanks and bombs and crap. I will give a call right now!
      • quomen, on 08/08/2008, -7/+14Say what you must about Obama, but I don't trust him any more than I trust McCain. Are we forgetting how he voted with FISA? Despicable.
    • kemp34, on 08/08/2008, -15/+107FYI Georgia attacked Russian peacekeeping forces in the South Ossetia region prior to Russia bringing in further forces.
      • kemp34, on 08/08/2008, -7/+51Who would digg this down? This is what happened.

        http://www.truthout.org/article/georgia-launches-a ...
      • OropheR, on 08/08/2008, -10/+19What the *****! Russian peacekeeping forces. Russia is arming the separatist. And these separatists were brought in by Russia.
      • dkapuchino, on 08/08/2008, -6/+32I'm pretty sure russian forces inside Georgia mean everything BUT peace keeping.
      • StGhurka, on 08/08/2008, -5/+20"FYI Georgia attacked Russian peacekeeping forces"

        So say the Russians.
      • jlucpicard, on 08/08/2008, -9/+18And Poland attacked Germans at the border in 1939, so said Hitler - and the rest is history.
      • Dejital, on 08/09/2008, -2/+9Don't be misinformed: There has been fighting in the region for years, Russia's peacekeeping armed forces have been there to keep the fighting tame.. Only now, they started attacking Russia's peacekeepers so it's only natural that Russia sent in help.
      • 9bpm9, on 08/09/2008, -2/+6You know the Polish attacked German peace keeping forces too, right?
      • kingvik, on 08/09/2008, -7/+2@jlucpicardjlucpicard
        So you're saying that Poland caused WW2 and not Hitler, I've had it wrong all this time.
      • hashfail, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0Russia has had a peacekeeping force in Georgia for some time now.

        And until now it's been sortof keeping peace.

        They have some kind of wacky treaty that let them do that.
    • RAGEdemon, on 08/08/2008, -27/+10Just ***** fantastic. Russia is stronger than ever and has started invading while the USA is exhausted and economically drained from 2 unnecessary wars.

      Oh this is gonna end well :/
      • nosamesame, on 08/08/2008, -20/+4You forgot to point out how WELL trained and battle tested the troops are.

        We've discovered the bugs in our systems, our troops have seen combat.

      • hipnerd, on 08/08/2008, -5/+36Yeah, how can we stop Russia from invading a sovereign nation under false pretenses when we're so busy fighting the insurgency that flared up after we invaded a sovereign nation under false pretenses?

        Thank God our soldiers have an American flag on their sleeve, or I'd have a hard time telling who the good guys are.
      • dafragsta, on 08/08/2008, -1/+14You're right. Where is Patrick Swayzee and his pickup truck full of supplies. We need to get out of here before they make a prisoner camp at the old drive-in.
      • jabberwolf, on 08/08/2008, -17/+7Unnecessary?

        Maybe you are right about Iraq but not Afghan. And not to mention we wouldnt HAVE another Iraq war had we stayed the first time, removed Saddam with INTERNATIONAL HELP, and rebuilt it then.

        But then liberals got in the way and there was a conspiracy that we wanted Iraq to invade Kuwait or some ***** like that. And then we left against a general's recommendation. Listen to your military generals next time. They are the ones that honestly don't want to fight a war if they dont have to!

        Some things are NECESSARY, whether it be popular or not.
      • RAGEdemon, on 08/08/2008, -9/+7Tell me... does it hurt when you talk out of your arse?

        Maybe you use lube to make it all the more pleasant... also comes in handy when Bush and co are ramming you from behind.

        You put Saddam there, supplied him with the means to keep that power and oppress the entire population in return for cheap oil. When he decided give you the finger, all of a sudden he has WMDs and is the enemy.

        Lesson of the day kiddies: DON'T ***** with other countries and they won't smash planes into your buildings. Payback is a bitch, ain't it? ;-)

      • Jexie, on 08/08/2008, -1/+6Don't forget about oil woes in the US while Russia is practically swimming in the *****. That being said the only war the US and Russia will ever have will be the nuclear variety.
      • hillkiwi, on 08/08/2008, -3/+4You have a point, but I wouldn't say "Russia is stronger than ever". They're not exactly a super power any more.
      • norman619, on 08/09/2008, -3/+2JExie:

        Our "oil woes" are made in the USA. Environmentalists are keeping us from tapping our own resources.
      • KMye, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2"That being said the only war the US and Russia will ever have will be the nuclear variety."

        um...what about proxy wars?
      • 98percentcogdis, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1@Ragedemon
        I agree with you 100% until you get to the part about smashing planes into our buildings. Iraq didn't smash planes into our buildings. There is more than ample evidence that a lot of people had prior knowledge about 9/11/01, people from a lot of countries, including our own. It's a huge coincidence that NORAD was otherwise occupied that morning for over three hours. It's also a huge coincidence that Dick (while hidden in a secure location under the pentagon) finally told the aide to shut up after repeating over and over how many minutes till the "impact". Another coincidence, George Bush Sr.'s speech on 9/11/90 before Congress, where he mentions a "new world order" two times, in reference to the Persian Gulf Crisis and the federal budget deficit. All mere coincidences! Just saying...
    • cawpin, on 08/08/2008, -15/+2I can't be the only one who though "Wolverines!" first.
    • jabberwolf, on 08/08/2008, -22/+11South Ossetia will not be "independent" with Russia yet alone Georgia.
      Russia will ANNEX it permanently and all of Georgia if it can.

      This isnt something new. Russia has been massing tanks, planes and troops on the border for 3 months. They have been flying into Georgian airspace regularly.

      Hmm I wonder if Obama is president. Will he try a "diplomatic" strategy with Putin? I mean it seems all he know how to do is BS. And Russia laughs at that kinda talk. Maybe if he says "pretty please" they might leave.
      • musleypope, on 08/08/2008, -1/+12so you're suggesting we start world war III instead?
      • Memitim, on 08/08/2008, -2/+10Maybe he'll give Putin a clever nickname and drive him around in a pickup truck. Oh, that's right; already been done by the current dumbass-in-chief. Jesus, if you are going to try to sling partisan barbs at least try to make them sound applicable to the target. Obama may be a policy hack intent on maintaining the status quo but he does garner a hell of a lot more respect by foreign leaders than the current president ever has.
      • kemp34, on 08/08/2008, -7/+6Jabber is right.
      • 98percentcogdis, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1@kemp34
        You should have known you'd get the finger for insinuating that "savior Obama" isn't what he appears.
    • cyb3rdemon, on 08/08/2008, -12/+36The way that people blame Russia for this is sickening. Before Russia was forced to respond, Georgia bombed South Ossetia with artillery. A huge number of civilians were killed before Russia was forced to respond. If it wouldn't, there would be even more deaths. American media purposely ignores the massacre which Russia responded to, to show on what Russia did out of context, and breed even more hate for Russia. Does MSM show you the wounded civilians hiding in bomb shelters in fear of another bombing?
      • bjornski, on 08/08/2008, -0/+33I was driving someone to the hospital today, and was watching the news in the waiting room. CBS was on, and their two big headlines were John Edwards having sex, and the Russian attacks.

        15 minutes after the intro, I knew all about John Edwards and his sex life, but STILL hadn't heard a damned thing about, you know, actual news.

        The media sucks.
      • UglyBunny, on 08/09/2008, -2/+4Yes, they did show the people in the bomb shelters. They also did a mini-report on a woman who had to spend the entire night in her basement because her house was getting shelled.

        What you don't seem to get is that this is an internal conflict between Georgia and Separatists. Russia has no business invading another country based on how they treat their citizens. Russia's move really seems like a land grab when they spontaneously invade a country that they've had major international disputes with in the past few years.

        I'm not defending the Georgian's actions, but I certainly see why Russia is being portrayed as the "bad guy."
      • hashfail, on 08/09/2008, -2/+5Russia's interest in South Ossetia isn't just a land-grab. Ossetians want to join Russia. 90% of the people in Ossetia have Russian passports!
      • Nick22, on 08/09/2008, -1/+3@UglyBunny

        hmm...that sounds very familiar
      • sporefrog, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Pff, yes you could say that Georgia bombed Russia and this is a response to that. You could also say that the Palestinians bombed Israel and that's why they're getting massacred. In both cases you'd be ignoring the huge, broader context, like Israel and the United States railing Palestine in the butt for decades. But wait, they just did THAT because they were bombed before then, right? Oh, that justifies it...
      • devikcrazystar, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1@hashfail
        "Russia's interest in South Ossetia isn't just a land-grab. Ossetians want to join Russia. 90% of the people in Ossetia have Russian passports!"
        Yup, because Russians give them away to everyone so now they can "defend their citizens".
        Ossetians just want to separate from Georgia. They don't care if they have to join Russia or Canada to accomplish that.
    • BossKey, on 08/08/2008, -11/+15Those silly Russians. Don't they know that only one country on the face of the Earth is allowed to unleash weapons of mass destruction on other unwilling nations across the globe, and that country is the United States of America?
      • wolfeater92, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3of course we are the only ones that are allowed to kill millions.
      • Thomaslee3, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0Georgia sent troops into South Ossetia on Thursday to crack down on the separatists who, with encouragement from Russia, had been attacking Georgian villages and towns in the days leading up to the Beijing Olympics.

        Russia responded Friday by invading a soveriegn country and began bombing Georgia's economic and civilian infrastructure.

        Russia planned this conflict, timed it perfectly when the world would be distracted by the Beijing Olympics, with the goal of replacing the liberal democratically elected Georgian leadership with one that it could more easily control.

        Russia was not forced to respond. It had planned it that way all along.
    • geneticlone, on 08/09/2008, -6/+13Georgia's fault for making an advance and it's up to them to handle it now. Also this has nothing to do with the United States so we shouldn't get in the middle of this.
      • norman619, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4And we won't so it's all good.
      • UglyBunny, on 08/09/2008, -2/+4Georgia's fault for making an advance into their own country?
      • Thomaslee3, on 08/09/2008, -1/+1yes, the last time I check South Ossetia was still a part of Georgia. What the heck is Russia doing invading Georgia, a soverign country?
    • int19h, on 08/09/2008, -3/+1There's a Norwegian saying: "Navnet skjemmer ingen" ("The name shames no one"). See also the story about Dr. *****: http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/260893 ...
    • OBKenobi, on 08/09/2008, -10/+9Suckassvili is an imbecile. Not only an imbecile, but now a war criminal for bombing civilians. I get the feeling he isn't going to be around for much longer, because he's pushed his luck a little too much. NATO and the US are not going to come to his rescue when he acts no different from the petty dictators of the past.
      • wpi97, on 08/09/2008, -1/+9From the article: "Russian bombers were targeting Georgia's economic infrastructure, National Security Council secretary Alexander Lomaia said, including the country's largest Black Sea port, Poti, and the main road connecting the southern part of Georgia with the east and the airport."

        If Saakashvili is a war criminal, then who is Putin in your opinion?
    • digg4cure, on 08/09/2008, -7/+27

      Georgia is a sovereign country with multiople regions. After Soviet union invaded Georgia, it gave some of Georgian regions autonomy within Georgia. After Soviet union collapsed, these regions decided they wanted to join Russia (However ridiculous it may sound a province of one country to join another) and started separatist movements which reslted in conflicts in 1993.

      What's Russia's interest in this you say? By having controll over 2 regions in Georgia, Russia has buttons to push in georgia and destabilize it whenever it wishes. Russian government issued russian passports in these regions (Which can not be done under international law) and declared these sepparatist governments and their people as russian citizens to have something to say in case they invaded Georgia.

      Now, these two regions have been in a frozen conflict state since 1993, and Georgia's multiple attempts to solve the conflicts with peacefull means have not been accepted by the sepparatists, cos they are controlled by Russia.

      Recently, Georgia has shown great determination in joining NATO alliance, which Russia is very agressively oposing and russians say "We will do anything to prevent Georgia join Nato" which they are successfully able to do by distabilizing situation in those conflict zones.

      As for recent events: South Osetia( separatist provicne of Georgia) has started bombing and shelling Georgian controlled territories and civilian citi/villages. Georgia demanded that separatists seased fire and did not return fire for a week. After multiple civilians were injured in georgia by south osetian bombings and south ossetians announced they would attack Georgian peackeeping units and villages Georgia had to respond with a military action to dimilitarize it's uncontrolled region and regain controll. georgia was successful in forcing separatist terrorist gangs out of the villages and the city "Tskhinvali" These militants had to flee to Russian border.

      Meanwhile: Russia decided to punish Georgia for policing Georgias own territory by coming uo with different reasons to invade... Hundreds of Tanks and heavy artillery has been moved into georgia by Russia alog with multiple thousands of boevk fighters who will try to destroy and immobilize Georgia as country. Russian airforce is bombing Georgian cities, villages, ports, railway, civilians, food supplies and everyhting they can bomb.

      You must realize here, that while Georgia has all rights to police it's territory, Russia has no right to invade a sovereign country. Meanwhile EU, US, UN and other are doing nothing to help struggling democratic Georgia to habdle such har dattack..

      There's the world for you.

      One more thing, Internet is flooded with Russian medias propaganda a is georgian Government is evil and Saakashvili, the president is a bad man, and all this is done to stop Georgia entering NATO.

      P.S. Georgia never attacked Russian peacekeeping forces, in fact Georgia informed Russian peacekeepers general Kulakhmetov about the operation and ensured their safety.
      • appleseed1234, on 08/09/2008, -0/+11I can't believe how many diggs the idiots above you are getting, this man speaks the truth.
      • medve001, on 08/09/2008, -6/+1@digg4cure
        Are you THAT ignorant or just a shameless liar?
        At least, try to read wiki before posting BS here.
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Ossetia
        Facts:
        South Osetia declared its independence in 1990, BEFORE Georgia's break away from USSR in Dec. 1991. So, technically, South Osetia never was a part of Georgia. After breaking away from USSR, Georgia tried to to enforce its rule over South Osetia basically starting war against this small republic.
      • UglyBunny, on 08/09/2008, -0/+8Just because you declare independence doesn't mean you have it. Usually you have to fight a war for it, and even then your position as a "sovereign" is not secured. You need the sponsorship of many other nations to get into the club. Sure, there are other requirements such as well defined borders and a working gov't but as Palestinians know the only one that really matters is recognition by other sovereigns.
      • devikcrazystar, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0@medve001
        "So, technically, South Osetia never was a part of Georgia."
        Read the wiki yourself, will ya? Then you'd found out that "Tualläg in the south became what is now South Ossetia, part of the historical Georgian principality of Samachablo[14] where Ossetians found refuge from Mongol invaders."
        Georgia isn't some orphaned soviet republic, it was a independent country at least from 4th century BC, when Georgian Kingdom was formed (to 1800 when it was incorporated within Russian Empire) and the territories of modern South Ossetia were part of this country for centuries.

        Not that's an argument in the debate, just facts. Displaying that level of ignorance while accusing someone else for it, is simply pitiful.
      • costezzo, on 08/11/2008, -0/+0*After Soviet union invaded Georgia*

        Oh yeah... right in the 17th century.
    • j1ggy, on 08/09/2008, -3/+6After all the ***** and hypocrisy the Bush Administration has stirred up in their 8 years of office, they really don't have much of a foot to stand on anymore when it comes to issues like this.
      • norman619, on 08/09/2008, -4/+2How gave him the OK..? Congress. That's right. Try to remember it's President Bush not King Bush or Lord Bush. 3 branches of government. Checks and balances.
      • UglyBunny, on 08/09/2008, -1/+4Hmm who controlled the Congress? Republicans. That's right. Try to remember that Bush is a member of the same political party and that the point of a political party is to promote a specific way of governing. Its easy to get what you want when your team has more players. Bush asks for authority, Congress grants it.

        You act as if members of the same political party don't talk to each other and don't share the same ideals. There is no check and no balance if the people in control always agree. When Democrats tried to filibuster the Republican controlled congress threatened to "go nuclear" and abolish the filibuster.
    • sanman, on 08/09/2008, -7/+6I'm not Russian, but it's clear that Russia has NOT started this war.
      It's the Georgians who've started the damn war -- or didn't you notice that they massed a large number of tanks near Ossetia and launched a massive attack??
      Who the ***** could not notice THAT??

      The Ossetians have proclaimed their autonomy from Georgia, and there have been no Georgian troops in Ossetia for quite a long time. Now suddenly the Georgians massed troops and tanks by there and went in for the kill. Russia is simply reacting with a defensive response to stop this attempted invasion and massacre by the Georgian troops.

      As one of these Mouse-That-Roared countries, the Georgians have a long history of aggression and foolhardiness, and attempted conquest and subjugation of much larger ethnic groups in the region under ideological pretexts.
      A prominent example of this is the most famous Georgian in history -- Joseph Dzugashvili -- aka JOSEPH STALIN.
      • volando, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1"After Soviet union invaded Georgia, it gave some of Georgian regions autonomy within Georgia."

        what? Georgia has been part of the russian empire since 1800s, it would even exist otherwise as Turkey was pretty adamant about destroying it. Georgia was briefly independent (better word is anarchy) during the russian revolution but order was restored pretty quickly in the early 20s.
    • Thomaslee3, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Sanman,

      Rebels in South Ossetia with encouragement from Russian "peacekeepers" have been attacking Georgian towns and villages for weeks leading up to the Beijing Olympics. The timing is pretty suspicious huh?

      So when the Georgians responds, Russia invades a sovereign nation. Its the old bait and attack ploy.

    • da_bradler, on 08/09/2008, -1/+1I'm pretty sure the Americans can't say ***** about this, Bush's presidency has been more aggressive then any since JFK.

      Leave the diplomacy to the countries that actually live by what they speak.
    • drey999, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2sukashvilli has been trying to provoke the Russian peacekeeping forces (mandated by UN?) for a while now. notice how the georgian pres got to the scene of the incident within minutes.

      footage from last year:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjGuLyWbITo

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEgJHG4-RaI



  • m3mn0n, on 08/08/2008, -9/+301Uh oh... here comes trouble.
    • asus2000, on 08/08/2008, -9/+46As long as they stay out of Florida!!!
      • ferrariman60, on 08/08/2008, -3/+29***** it, I'd rather they take Florida than Georgia.
      • PeppermintPig, on 08/08/2008, -14/+4YOU CAN'T DO THAT. THEY'D BE TAKING AMERICA'S WANG!! WITHOUT THE WANG, WE'RE JUST PUSSIES!!11




        /rawr dagnabbit
      • behlib99, on 08/08/2008, -2/+10Rather seem em take Georgia than Illinois
      • BossKey, on 08/08/2008, -1/+6Poor Atlanta, they've already been burninated once.
      • Thomaslee3, on 08/09/2008, -3/+1I hope to God that the comments here are not representative of the actual levels of naievete and cultural self-loathing of the majority of normal people in the West. How can you seriously think this way? Why it it that the west's evil realpolitik motivation is all about oil in supporting Georgia, yet Russia is spared being labeled with such a dispicable motivational drive? Of course the west supports Georgia against Russia. Georgia wants to be a modern democracy with a healthy economy and join Europe. We want that for lots of good reasons, among which is oil. Duh. Russia wants Goergia to be a subserviant province like it used to be in the days of the Soviet Union. Russia has been exploiting the ethnic divisions in Ostetia for years and has been funding and supplying a geurilla force against the Georgian government for years now. Georgia has been trying to negotiate but Russia has been sabotaging these efforts in order to keep things militarily stirred up. Is it rerally so amazing that Georgia has had enough? And are you all so willing to look beyond the absurdity of Russia sending its armed forces--troops, tanks and attack aircraft--accross the border to invade another soverign country under the absurd pretense of protecting its "peacekeepers?" Is that really OK to you? What if France sent forces to protect the rights of the people of Quebec against ill treatment by anglo Canada?

        What has happened to us? Why do so many people seem ready, willing and able to condemn anything we and our allies do and so willing to endorse, embrace and even support the actions of horrible dictatorships like Russia? What happened to you? Why do you hate yourselves and your societies so much that you would support a dictator over your own country's policies?

        The grown up fact is that the world is a complex, duplicitous place where nations act because of a combination of ideology and self interest. It is how the grown up world works. It is not perfect, it is not always pretty, but it is how humans work. Please look past your childish, high mionded and simplistic fantasy of how the world works and see it for what it is. Like it or not, there are our friends and there are our adversaries/rivals and enemies. I'm also so sick of people's self rightous astonishment that certain countries care about other countries only because of oil. Of coure that is part of it, but not all of it. Please try to muster a little objective maturity and sophistication.

        -davidrishel
      • Namingway, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1douche
    • diggit83, on 08/08/2008, -4/+13Is it cold in here to you?
    • jorichter, on 08/08/2008, -13/+24You want to see trouble? Check out the Russian propaganda machine at it's finest. The comments are insane.

      Russians Invade Digg
      http://digg.com/politics/Dmitry_Medvedev_made_a_st ...

      (I didn't submit it by the way.)
      • bdsams, on 08/08/2008, -4/+19I love how people call on the US to do something about it aswell...why the hell should we get involved...last time we went proactve instead of reactive (read Iraq) and we all saw how that turned out...


        how bout we let people deal with their own problems...im tired of my tax money bailing other countries out
      • wafla, on 08/08/2008, -4/+9@bdsams -- you've forgotten what it's like to have competent leadership. Imagine if Iraq had been over in 6 months, like any other administration could have achieved. Just because Bush & Co. is incompetent, doesn't mean nobody else is competent.

        Russia is sort of our problem because after we bankrupted it to end the cold war, Reagan's relief and rebuilding program was just absurdly underfunded and short-sighted.

        Of course, it wasn't our responsibility to rebuild Russia. But had we done it, we would have made TONS of money and had a powerful staunch ally against China.
      • browntiger, on 08/08/2008, -9/+14Oh please Ossetia is under attack not Georgia.

        Clearly georgia is the aggressor. Georgia had forces buildup on the border for months, now that russia is sending support units and attacking air fields - Saakashvili screaming help us, help us.

        You want ossetia back how about asking locals if they want to join Georgia... No like to occupy by force? Why should anyone help you!

        I gees you are hoping for insane idiots like Bush and McSame's.
      • UglyBunny, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3Uh, yeah browntiger your Russian is showing. The fact is that Ossetia has not seceded from Georgia and Georgia has every right to try to maintain control over its own territory. Russia is doing the same thing in Chechnya.

        Hey Russia if you want Chechnya back how about asking locals if they want to join Russia?
      • hashfail, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0The US is involved because we helped set a precedent with Kosovo.

        Curiously, this time, Russia is on the other side of the conflict.
    • AbdullahAbuDawu, on 09/12/2008, -8/+32WHAR MAI GONNA GIT MA PEACHES?!
      • Jeezopete, on 08/08/2008, -8/+5ROFLMAO!
      • Takfam, on 08/09/2008, -3/+2Movin to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches. Movin to the country, gonna eat me a lot of peaches.
      • MrTito, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3Now, Early, settle down. Dan Halen will be happy to sell you some peaches.
    • 4ntigravity, on 08/08/2008, -8/+3Great timing Putin.
    • sandersdamnit, on 08/08/2008, -6/+3I'm glad no one started with that ***** power rangers movie song
      • whyufail, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Sadly, my mind immidiately filled in it when I got to the end of the sentence.
    • mmigliari, on 08/08/2008, -10/+9Bush is going to look stupid if he doesn't help them.
      a) US is losing 2000 troops in Iraq due to Georgian pullout
      b) Georgia is the most pro-western nation in that part of the world, and is an important oil route
      c) It will just open up the opportunity for Russia to do this more.

      I fear all of this is too much for Bush's atrophied brain
      • felipe41194, on 08/08/2008, -0/+17by helping them we pretty much go to war with russia
        so much for the cold war ending....
      • SugarCoatedSalt, on 08/08/2008, -1/+9Bush better not get his ***** hands in this. we're deep in enough ***** to get into more ***** right now.

        The US is tired of more conflicts.
      • 5555, on 08/09/2008, -0/+5But I thought you care so much about peace and democracy? Or does that only apply to countries where you have vested interests that cannot stick up for themselves?
      • derm2, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1We won't help them, we just recently denied their NATO membership for this exact reason. It would have brought war with Russia.

        Also it's not like we even can, notice the similarity to Kosovo: Part of a country wants to break away, the country attack the breakaway region, and a major world power goes boom boom.
    • limax12345, on 08/08/2008, -4/+4here is troubles:

      Ossetia, results of Gerogian artillery
      http://www.1tv.ru/images/videoarchive/videoplayer. ...
    • picciano, on 08/08/2008, -9/+4How the hell did they get their tanks over here? And how close is this to Atlanta?
      • bjornski, on 08/08/2008, -0/+9"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, um, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our, uh, education like such as, uh, South Africa and, uh, the Iraq and everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future."
    • 1randomguyO8, on 08/08/2008, -1/+12Mammonth tanks will be crossing the mexican border soon.
      • SkittlesUSA, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1I prefer the simple predator tanks with a rail gun upgrade.

        Cheaper and they get the job done.
      • JustinPM, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1Just send some Commandos, maybe Tanya.
      • iChainsaw, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Sir we have reports of soviet Dreadnoughts on our eastern seaboard!
      • Leadeath, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Not to sound like a jerk or anything, i was just really into that game... it appears you tried to make a red alert 2 reference, unforunately you mistook the mammoth talks of the traditional command and conquer series with the tiberium, with the apocalypse tanks of the red alert series, but i do enjoy what you tried to do.
      • 1randomguyO8, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1Leadeath

        You're right but the apocalypse tank is pretty much the same thing.
    • GregFD3S, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2WW3 Ensues...
    • battletrax, on 08/09/2008, -7/+2Thanks for the misleading title, I seriously thought Russia invaded the state of Georgia.
      • nugz85, on 08/09/2008, -1/+4it wouldnt be misleading if you knew anything about current events or geography.
      • max420, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4::facepalm::
    • richmomz, on 08/09/2008, -1/+2Pssh, they can keep Atlanta. Wait, what? Oh...
    • Andrew33, on 08/09/2008, -2/+1Why So Serious?
  • N0_SkillZ, on 08/08/2008, -86/+34This is a prelude to a much larger global war. Russia has initiated what the Nazi's did during the invasion of Poland in WW2. Get ready.
    • floejoe, on 08/08/2008, -18/+20Give me a break.
    • Mihey, on 08/08/2008, -3/+22What about Kosovo?
      • N0_SkillZ, on 08/08/2008, -8/+1Kosovo was a different time, under different circumstances. Georgia was in the process of obtaining membership to NATO, and has over 2,000 troops in Iraq. Hence, a Russian attack against Georgia, is an attack against NATO.
    • donkz, on 08/08/2008, -11/+74Russian peace core forces got bombed. Russian civilian population in Osetia is slaughtered. Russia invades Georgia..

      Please, read the ***** article.
      • N0_SkillZ, on 08/08/2008, -4/+2According to the Russians.. War is war, both sides will point the finger at whom made the first blow. NATO needs to act now.
      • Thomaslee3, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0donkz: "Russian peace core forces got bombed. Russian civilian population in Osetia is slaughtered. Russia invades Georgia. Please, read the ***** article."

        This is pretty sad. Seems like you are victim of some bad propaganda. Georgian troops were responding to mortar attacks by rebels in South Ossetia, which is part of Georgia. Where do you read that Russian peacekeepers were bombed? Also where do you read that Russian civilians were slaughtered?

        The Russian government began issuing Russian passports to the residents of South Ossetia. That does not make them Russian.

        Further more according to the article "The Novosti news agency, citing the South Ossetian government, said Georgian tanks and infantry attacked Tskhinvali, and "a large part of the city has been destroyed. Over 15 civilians have been killed, several buildings are on fire in the city center, and the local parliament building has burned down."

        15 dead civilians, although regrettable, does not give the Russian government permission to invade a sovereign country. Otherwise, there will be constant conflicts.
    • solid12345, on 08/08/2008, -8/+19You forget Russia invaded Poland WITH the Nazis.
      • nsecto, on 08/08/2008, -1/+23There was no Russia there was Soviet Union with Stalin as a leader and dictator who was Georgian btw
      • rudeboyskunk, on 08/08/2008, -3/+13First off, it was the Soviet Union, not Russia. And also, they did NOT invade along with Germany. They had signed a treaty that they would leave each other alone. The USSR and Nazi Germany hated each other.
      • tattertech, on 08/08/2008, -0/+4rudeboyskunk I believe the point was that the Soviets and the Nazis divided up Poland to start the war. That said, the initial commenter's premise is flawed, Georgia is lacking the same geopolitical position that Poland had in 1939.
      • Huzsar, on 08/08/2008, -2/+2rudeboyskunk ah so Soviets entering Poland on September 17 '39 was just a figment of every-bodies imagination? The photos of Soviet and German officers shaking hands in middle of Poland what just photoshop, right? Stop kidding yourself, Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was much more then non-aggression pact, but a detailed agreement of who gets what after the invasion.
      • Moskit, on 08/08/2008, -2/+1Huzsar, don't try to fascinate us with your long memory. We have it much longer. Did you know that your ancestor has stolen peace of meet from my ancestor about 20 thousands years ago? We Russians will never forget this case.
      • solid12345, on 08/08/2008, -0/+7Well to be politically correct, yes it was the USSR, but the USSR was just Russian nationalism wrapped in a different cloth as it forced Cyrillic and the Russian language on much of it's inhabitants.
      • Huzsar, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1Moskit, I wasn't talking about Russians but Soviets. If Russians want to claim there is a difference try to be more consistent about it.

        By the way you can't take our cow, chop her up and then claim the resulting meat is yours. Or did you forget that part? :)

        But as for this situation, I think that Georgian government brought this on themselves. They handled the situation with separatists horribly and now they are paying the price for it. To bad that civilians from both sides have to suffer even more for their screw up.
      • Moskit, on 08/08/2008, -0/+0Well, some Russians want there to be a difference, some not. It is sad, and it is dangerous, but it is another story. Regarding Georgia, the situation has nothing with what Russians want. It is politics. I am not sure who is more responsible for this, Russian government or USA government. But I don't believe that it is Georgian government. Georgia is too small and poor for its government could cause such situations.
        As for civilians, yes, it is too bad when people have to suffer. But don't forget it is Caucasus. During previous war Ossetians used to boil Georgians alive, and Georgians used to burn Ossetians alive, who said that Georgia is a modern democracy, don't make me laugh.
      • kolchin, on 09/05/2008, -0/+0вот идиоты. учите историю!
    • DHracer, on 08/08/2008, -2/+20Comparing this to the Nazis is so weak. Don't pull the Nazi card, this is nothing like that.
      • N0_SkillZ, on 08/08/2008, -3/+1Facism comes in all shapes and sizes. I merely pointed out this conflict has the potential to spread into a much wider conflict. The international community will view Russia as the agressor simply because they are bigger. It's like David v.s Goliath. Of course, Russia has now given the americans the green light to invade Iran, or do whatever they see fit given the recent change of events.
    • anillop, on 08/08/2008, -3/+3paranoid much?
    • shig, on 08/08/2008, -9/+4Russia has initiated what the Russians did during the invasion of Poland in WW2.
    • N01SE, on 08/08/2008, -3/+3You're an idiot
    • ralphthemagi, on 08/09/2008, -3/+0You know, the Nazis had pieces of flair that they made the Jews wear...
    • whyufail, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1Godwin's law has been invoked.
    • DzKvakic, on 08/11/2008, -0/+0What about us with Iraq or Afghanistan?? We were fighting for freedom there for it makes it ok right? Give me a break. Russia is only playing a game which we started
  • digg4cure, on 08/08/2008, -73/+40Russia is continuing to bomb Georgia. Many civilians are dead and injured. Russia is attacking a sovereign country!!!! The US and EU must ACT NOW! Russia is abusing it's power once again. International community must act now!

    This is same as what they did in Fineland, Poland, etc! Please digg this story, everyone must know!
    • floejoe, on 08/08/2008, -18/+10Calm down...
    • nook85, on 08/08/2008, -13/+6» Russia is continuing to bomb Georgia. Many civilians are dead and injured.
      there are 90% of Russians citizens in South Ossetia, are you serious? o_O
      • coyote1284, on 08/08/2008, -0/+4No, I don't think he is. I think he's lampooning the reaction to the US invasion of Iraq.
      • Thomaslee3, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1You mean the 90% of South Ossetia who were just issued Russian Passport by the Russian Government recently? Which is an open violation of international law.

        And thus giving the Russian government an excuse to invade a sovereign country by claiming that they are merely protecting their own citizens?

        Please.....

      • errdee, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0thanks to idiots like nook85 there its so easy to twist the truth. cant blame you tho, view can be distorted because of distance, mass media and such.. but its sad. A big wrong has to be righted there.
    • askantik, on 08/08/2008, -7/+36And the USA is attacking a sovereign country!!! Oh noes, we're hypocritical *****!!!
      • coyote1284, on 08/08/2008, -3/+1I think that's exactly what he's pointing out.
      • djoobacca, on 08/08/2008, -2/+1us is supporting georgian invasion of a sovereign country (south ossetia). big surprise, eh?
      • Thomaslee3, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0South Ossetia is not a sovereign country. They are not recognized by anyone, except for the Russian government, surprise surprise...
    • coyote1284, on 08/08/2008, -3/+37In Soviet Russia, you did what I see there.
    • bevans, on 08/08/2008, -1/+19Exclamation marks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • djoobacca, on 08/08/2008, -5/+14hey look, a glaring example of an dumbass who read a story on mainstream media and took it for a fact. south ossetia is not georgia. it's been an independent state since the breakup of soviet union. and if you're so worried about innocent lives, consider the fact that georgia has been shelling innocent people in a sovereign state for the past few weeks. good for russia to stick up for the little guy. if only someone would do that for iraq.
      • digg4cure, on 08/08/2008, -8/+0you dont know what you're talking about. Russia has supported and planned 2 bloody conflicts in Georgia since the fall od USSR, where ethnic cleansing of Georgian people took place. They have een supporting these terrorist regimes for years now while Georgia tries to settle all in peacefull ways. For the duation of the last week, Georgians have been ombed y the separeatists and Georgia did not return fire trying to negotiate and make peace, ut that's not in the interest of Russia. Russia wanted this distabilization in the region to stop Georgia getting MAP for NATO... Georgian side decided to defent it's civilians and launched offence on the terrorists. after the sepparatist terrorists were defeated, Russia attacked Georgia FOR GEORGIA POLICING IT"S OWN LAND! Do you even understand what this is? it threatens international peace!
      • djoobacca, on 08/08/2008, -0/+2@digg4cure wow, didn't expect so much stupidity from a canadian.
      • errdee, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0djoobacca, consider this - US is a small country, that has some civil unrest in Texas, with minorities involved. Now Mexico (for this example, lets say that Mexico is far bigger and more powerful than US) comes to "rescue", messing with your internal affairs, killing US troopers "to keep peace in Texas".

        Its also a good example, coz Texas has oil.. !

        Its hard to watch such unjustice, but even harder to see ignorance like yours..
    • p3ngwin, on 08/08/2008, -3/+12I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M SHOUTING !!!!!!
      • diggduggDOOM, on 08/08/2008, -1/+8LOUD NOISES!
      • ByteGuerilla, on 08/08/2008, -1/+8I'M GOING TO THE BAR, DOES ANYONE WANT A DRINK?
      • flytronix, on 08/08/2008, -2/+4CAPS LOCK IS CRUISING CONTROL FOR RUSSIAN TROOPS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      • Thomaslee3, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0"south ossetia is not georgia. it's been an independent state since the breakup of soviet union. "

        Uh no it's not. They have no international standing.

        Also, perhaps the Russian government can explain their reaction to Chechyna when they sought to declare their own independence.

        It's pretty clear what is happening. This is merely a long planned power grab by the Russian Government while everyone is watching the Olympics
    • digg4cure, on 08/08/2008, -12/+2I just found out that 2 of my best friends died in bombing by russian airforce on civiliand in the city of Gori... RIP David and Ramaz

      Please, I beg you, spread the word... Russia will stop at nothing... We need international support
      • Gizzmo0411, on 08/08/2008, -1/+4Well then Georgia shouldn't have mortared them in the first place now huh?
      • limax12345, on 08/08/2008, -0/+2shut the &&& up, Georgian military leveled the whole city, thousands civilian are dead, schools, hospitals, households destroyed.

        BTW, 60% of Ossetias are Russian citizens, plus 15 peacekeepers are dead when they hit military barracks.
      • browntiger, on 08/08/2008, -0/+3Yes, and Garcia, Martinez and Anderson and Johnson.
        On the russian side it was Ivanoff, Petroff and Sidoroff.

        B.S.
    • MxM111, on 08/08/2008, -2/+9You do know that it is Georgian troops captured the capital of Ossetia and civilian lives were lost? And only AFTER that Russian troops were introduced. At least read the article first.
    • skiiper, on 08/08/2008, -4/+7US is continuing to bomb Iraq. Many civilians are dead and injured. US is attacking a sovereign country!!!! The rest of the world must ACT NOW! US is abusing it's power once again. International community must act now!

      eat my *****.
      • wrs123, on 08/08/2008, -3/+2Well yeah, I guess if you consider foreign fighters fighting an insurgent culture war a sovereign country, you're right. You're entitled to that opinion, but I'm pretty sure we're standing up a sovereign nation and fighting the people trying to make it a totalitarian theocracy....
      • XSDX3R0, on 08/08/2008, -0/+2the whole world is full of hypocrisy. All major powers are, its a total fact. We bomb this place, they bomb that and so on
      • digg4cure, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0hmmmmm poor you
    • mwrl, on 08/08/2008, -5/+6Russia thinks UHHHHHHH-bama will win and thus as a weak little socialist he won't do anything. See eight years of Clinton.
      • ratnacage, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1FAIL, they are doing it now because they can get the situation under control before the next president comes to power. Nice try though :P
    • voltagasm5000, on 08/08/2008, -2/+2Why so serious?
    • deltaDSM, on 08/08/2008, -3/+0How about we keep our nose out of their business!!!!!

      When they come here, i'll serve em up!
    • cosmicdude, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0Uh, I see, Hypnotoad did her best!
  • sexxxy, on 08/08/2008, -26/+49How did we not see this coming....
    • rudeboyskunk, on 08/08/2008, -1/+48Seeing as how they've been threatening to do this for awhile now, we DID see it coming.
    • wafla, on 08/08/2008, -11/+3Our Republican president noticed that Putin was wearing a cross. That's how we didn't see this coming.
      • thcobbs, on 08/08/2008, -4/+4/me rolls eyes
      • wafla, on 08/08/2008, -5/+2@thcobbs can roll his eyes like a slot machine.

        Our president let himself be suckered out of paying attention to Putin's obvious flaws. So now Russia has been taken over by creeping fascism, complete with murdered journalists, state-sanctioned media, arrested politicians, and state-supported violent fascist youth-groups that attack peaceful demonstrators.

        It is yet another huge mess which the next US president will have to deal with. Any other president, from Taft to Clinton, would have had the smarts to deal with Russia BEFORE it started invading its neighbors.
    • jabberwolf, on 08/08/2008, -6/+42Actually we did see this coming.

      1- Russia was stopping natural gas pipelines to Georgia
      2- Russia was amassing tanks, troops, and planes along Georgian border
      3- Russia was constantly buzzing Georgian airspace.
      But USA media was busy with Iraq war, who was right, wrong, Paris Hilton, BLAH...BLAH...

      Now maybe they will get down to real politics and realize that talk is cheap. We need facts not opinions, and to knock off the 2 party bickering!
    • mikelair, on 08/08/2008, -5/+9The fact is simple. Last night the georgian troops destroyed THE CITY of Tskhinvaly.
      The fault of russian politycs and peace keepers is that they couldn't prevent this.
      They can occupy this ruins now, but they can't return the lost lifes.
    • TheBigBrother, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3Tom Clancy saw it coming in 2001:
      http://stephenchambersblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/we ...
    • kelmaster1, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3apparently wikipedia saw it coming...

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_South_Ossetia_ ...
    • mohtasham, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Because there are so many articles getting dugg about Isreal attacking Iran.
  • VeryBoredNow, on 08/08/2008, -51/+30What is the Russian army doing in Georgia?!

    Russia out of GEORGIA NOW!!!

    What is next? The russians are gonna invade Florida, Michigan?
    • floejoe, on 08/08/2008, -8/+2Yes, that's exactly what will happen.
    • faceless323, on 08/08/2008, -5/+25They are going to invade a U.S. High School and be bested by its students.
      • ORBAT, on 08/08/2008, -1/+9I don't think fat is very good against shrapnel.
      • sangfroid0, on 08/08/2008, -1/+15Wolverines!
      • rudeboyskunk, on 08/08/2008, -0/+13Why are you being dugg down? Apparently nobody else here has ever seen Red Dawn.
      • thcobbs, on 08/08/2008, -1/+3@orbat

        Well, they've been saying for a while that Americans need to drop the fat.
      • kelmaster1, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1save us Patrick Swayze!
    • BabyWookie, on 08/08/2008, -6/+12South Ossetia is not Georgia. It's been brutally invaded by Georgian forces, which have killed hundreds (possibly thousands) of civilians and 10 Russian peace keepers. The Georgians were careful to choose the start of their agression to coincide with the start of the Summer Olympics. How ***** vile is that?
    • medfreak, on 08/08/2008, -0/+5You are playing too much World In Conflict, son.
      • Alegoo92, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1I think he's joking (unfunnily) about how Georgia can be confused with the US state.
    • OGTK423, on 08/08/2008, -0/+5This comment is a ***** joke, right?
    • iTakeDrugs, on 08/09/2008, -1/+1Gotta expect idiotic posts like the one from "VeryBoredNow". What do you expect a country to do when 1400 of its citizens are killed in an overnight attack? I urge you to at least buy a map before saying something so utterly stupid and ignorant.
    • GoatMonkey2112, on 08/09/2008, -1/+1WOLVERINES!!!
  • ihavebeenseen, on 08/08/2008, -32/+8SAVE THEM JEBUS!!!!!!!!
  • jacekpoplawski, on 08/08/2008, -47/+30It's amazing how hypocrytical Americans are. They are busy with all this Iraq, Obama and oil crap, they don't even know what Georgia is. War just started and all they know is that Obama said that and that and China is good and Russia is neutral. I just read that Bush meet with Putin on Lunch. Cool. What if Bush meet Hussain on Lunch? Oh, wait... no, Hussain was evil, Putin is cool. Hypocrysy is amazing.
    • ihavebeenseen, on 08/08/2008, -2/+30Damn my brain almost had a seizure trying to make sense of what you wrote.

      America might be “hypocritical [sic]", but so is Russia. They tell us to stay out Serbia’s business in Kosovo and their business is Chechnya. So what they hell are they doing in South Ossetia and Abkhazia which is part Georgian sovereign territory.
      • jacekpoplawski, on 08/08/2008, -10/+2Look how many diggs this article has. Now look at article about animal rights in China.
    • PolishLogic, on 08/08/2008, -2/+6Yeah, it's weird to think that a person might like one guy and dislike another.

      Totally odd.
    • ferrariman60, on 08/08/2008, -0/+4I'm pretty sure that we aren't big fans of Putin. He's kind of Bush x10, since he has the power to keep himself in power.
    • digglet08, on 08/08/2008, -1/+10You reaffirm my dislike for all of humanity.

      9/11 happens, the government was too complacent. Go to war, the government is too aggressive. Georgia and Russia have a dispute, the government is "stupid" for dealing with "all this Iraq, Obama and oil crap". If we invade, the government is war mongering. If we use diplomacy (which is what you referenced as lunch, and everyone says we should do more of), we're being hypocrites. WWWWWTTTTTTTFFFFFFFF DO YOU WANT?

      huh?


      We truly have become a nation of stupid whiners.

      You're amazing.
      • rogersj3, on 08/08/2008, -1/+3Thank you for putting words to my frustrations.
      • smartguy4932, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1I wish I could digg this twice...sometimes idk what some people want from the government....especially people on digg. So many people complain...but what can be done...there's always gonna be a next conflict....and there's gonna opposition every time. The best we can do is not just complain about it and say how awful Bush is and say things like "IMPEACH BUSH!!1!!1one", but to take action and get involved and actually do something about it.
    • Blitzenn, on 08/08/2008, -2/+3Actually its a case that the Russians thought they were escorting their athletes to the Olympics. Unfortunately they thought they were still in Atlanta and then thought Atlanta was in the USSR Georgia, not the US Georgia. ;)
    • thievingypsy, on 08/08/2008, -1/+1When you say busy with Iraq and oil I'm guessing you're talking about the military being hypocritical. If that is the case then I can tell you that this is something the American Government has seen coming and have been watching closely. Don't for once think that something like this does not grab our attention nor is something we couldn't predict.

      Miss Cleo could have seen this coming and she's a fake!
      • voltagasm5000, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1Buried for ***** Miss Cleo reference.
    • blankis, on 08/08/2008, -2/+1Hi, I'm an American.
      I had NO, idea, there was another Georgia.
      Please pardon my stupidity, and then maybe we can talk it over and I can get past your arrogance.


    • ratnacage, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1So how come we held war games WITH Georgia just a month ago, to help them out maybe? Try and research a topic before you fail ok? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25684774/
    • smartguy4932, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1Sometimes idk what some people want from the government....especially people on digg. So many people complain...but what can be done...there's always gonna be a next conflict....and there's gonna opposition every time. The best we can do is not just complain about it and say how awful Bush is and say things like "IMPEACH BUSH!!1!!1one", but to take action and get involved and actually do something about it.
  • Merendino, on 08/08/2008, -21/+106...the *****?!
  • floejoe, on 08/08/2008, -19/+176We should all scream in hyperbole, feign outrage and make outrageous statements.
    • rudeboyskunk, on 08/08/2008, -4/+21Amazing how the people who make sense are the ones who get dugg down.
    • earlobe, on 08/08/2008, -4/+14welcome to digg
    • GhostyBoy, on 08/08/2008, -10/+23IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD I AM DISGUSTED WITH THIS AFRONT TO JUSTICE THIS IS FUKKIN BUSH'S FAULT I KNEW IT!
    • jorichter, on 08/08/2008, -3/+2Haven't we always done that on Digg?
  • iopa, on 08/08/2008, -8/+440This needs more coverage. Invasion by a world power is slightly more important than Slow motion chain lightning, or copy and paste girls.
    • LogicBomB, on 08/08/2008, -5/+107But they were twins...
    • djoobacca, on 08/08/2008, -9/+3stupid, it's not an invasion. read the ***** article.
      • jorichter, on 08/08/2008, -3/+2Russian military crossed Georgian borders without permission (Georgian nor international)...
      • iopa, on 08/08/2008, -1/+2Thank you, didn't really feel the need to explain that.
      • techdever, on 08/08/2008, -1/+2what a douche...
      • djoobacca, on 08/08/2008, -1/+0@jorichter: South Ossetian border is not Georgian border.
      • jorichter, on 08/08/2008, -2/+1@djoobacca

        Sigh...

        Please read the article before you comment. So does South Ossetian belong to Russia? Is that why they can enter is as they please?

        And there has been countless reports of Russian military proceeding even further. "International leaders are worried about an all out war between Russia and Georgia."

        And "It is being called a 'calculated invasion by Russia.'" -BBC.

        Whatever side you are on I don't care. But call it what it is. As in what the word actually means.

        And look at your comments. Stop spamming.
      • jorichter, on 08/08/2008, -0/+2@djoobacca

        To add to that (damn captchas not loading) South Ossetian is recognized as part of Georgia. Remember when making points Google is your friend.

        Look I get it, you support Russia. But don't make stuff up. I'm on no side here but don't waste time with useless points that have no factual basis.

        “As the international community has made clear, South Ossetia is a part of Georgia,” (OSCE’s Permanent Council in Vienna).
    • AbdullahAbuDawu, on 09/12/2008, -10/+20Um... Georgia shot first. You can hardly call that 'invasion'.
      • jorichter, on 08/08/2008, -14/+2Your an idiot. Did you read the article? NO ONE KNOWS who shot first. So shut up and stop lying.

        What is known is Russia unlawfully entered Georgia. Not that Georgian tanks entered Russia. See how that works?

        Get your facts straight.
      • Aaronontheweb, on 08/08/2008, -2/+11Actually separatists, who are Russian-backed, shelled portions of Georgia and provoked the small nation.
      • djoobacca, on 08/08/2008, -5/+12Yeah Georgia murdered a bunch of South Ossetians and Peacekeepers, which prompted Russia to send its forces into South Ossetia.
      • Nollykin, on 08/09/2008, -1/+6Russia "will not allow the deaths of our compatriots to go unpunished," and "those guilty will receive due punishment," he said. "My duty as Russian president is to safeguard the lives and dignity of Russian citizens, wherever they are. This is what is behind the logic of the steps we are undertaking now."

        In other words, georgia went in, killed some russians, now russia's all "AWWWW HEELLLLLSSS NO!!" and bombing the living ***** out of the poor *****. I can see georgia now:

        "ALRIGHT, OKAY!" *bang* "WE GET IT!! WE'RE SORRY! OW *****!"
    • 4ntigravity, on 08/08/2008, -1/+19Seems as though it was thoroughly planned. Sneaky! That's Russia for you.
      • matu4251, on 08/08/2008, -2/+9well, it seems that Mikheïl Saakachvili (Georgian president) waited for the world leaders to be distracted by the olympics (a lot are in Beijing) to try to regain control of South Ossetie... so, the sneaky ones aren't the Russians.
      • da_bradler, on 08/09/2008, -1/+1Yeah I'm sure Russia had no invasion plan for a country that has been trading blows with them for the last couple decades.

        Every country has plans for invading every other country. Hell I'm sure even Canada has a plan where they come and burn down the white house for a 3rd time.
    • DentThat, on 08/08/2008, -7/+1Uhm, don't forget the Olympics just started today as well. Who cares about copy and paste girls
      • clsslc, on 08/08/2008, -0/+10Olympics happen all the time. You don't see copy and paste girls on a regular basis.
      • DentThat, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1oh yeah...............but this is CHINA!
    • Cofaloaf, on 08/08/2008, -3/+2Hey man I agree with you but that lightning thing was balltastic.
    • clsslc, on 08/08/2008, -8/+2World power? Just kidding. Seriously though. Really?
    • DLRULZ, on 08/08/2008, -1/+9Isn't the timing interesting, on the day of the opening of Olympics.
      • jorichter, on 08/08/2008, -4/+1You mean when all the media channels are focused on it, and all the world leaders are there?
      • bjornski, on 08/08/2008, -1/+5Actually, I heard more about the John Edwards sex scandal on news today than any of this Russian stuff.

        It's barely being covered. There's a sex life to report on!
    • razorsedge555, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4Too bad Rwanda, Darfur and Sudan didn't have Russian tanks rolling into them or they would have gotten this much attention.
    • fattymcgee311, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3Just take a look at what is on the front pages of all the major news' websites. It's all about Edwards' sex scandal. No wonder everybody thinks we don't know very much about the rest of the world. We're too busy reading the garbage that our mass media feeds us. Edwards is just another one of the dozens of politicians that have had affairs. Old news.
    • IHaveCrayons, on 08/09/2008, -1/+3This is Digg, Diggers digg what they like and what they don't like. This is not a politics only website.
  • floejoe, on 08/08/2008, -4/+205The truth of the situation is far more complicated than it appears to be at first glance.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Revolution

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Adjara_crisis

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Georgia_(c ...
  • jpbreeder, on 08/08/2008, -35/+179This is huge and far more important than the Olympics as a news story. These are actions that potentially could start WWIII.
    • macwac, on 08/08/2008, -2/+49Depends if The Russian Federation stops at South Ossetia or whether it rolls into rest of Georgia - which is highly unlikely (they say they are only going into South Ossetia). Chances are there will not be another world war. UN, NATO and U.S have all asked for an immediate cease fire.
      • executorzz, on 08/08/2008, -3/+67Immediate cease fire or what? What are they afraid of? Global condemnation? Russia eats that ***** for breakfast.
      • Gizzmo0411, on 08/08/2008, -27/+9Russia eats ***** for breakfast?
      • Temo1, on 08/08/2008, -2/+24Gizz: nice try, but no. He said eats "that *****", whereas your joke would only have made sense if he said something along the lines of "eats *****" or "eats pieces of ***** like that".
      • Gizzmo0411, on 08/19/2008, -0/+1Eh...sort of...

        He implied that "Global Condemnation" was analogous to "*****" and then stated that Russia eats it for breakfast....

        It still works.
    • DHracer, on 08/08/2008, -11/+33Slow down, drama queen. They are not invading Georgia, they are invading South Ossetia, which broke off from George in the 90's and is somewhat partial to Russia.
      • djoobacca, on 08/08/2008, -9/+2it's not an invasion at all
      • byrdgang, on 08/08/2008, -2/+12No, South Ossetia is not somewhat partial...it's very partial to Russia.
      • PandarenLord, on 08/09/2008, -1/+2What a gross simplification of matters, dhracer.
    • neveroddoreven, on 08/08/2008, -11/+1WWIII riiighhtt.... Georgia is not the state its just a country no ones ever heard of before with 5 million people tops
      • SlowelyFadeAway, on 08/08/2008, -2/+21Have you ever heard of the small country of Serbia, or the assassination of a guy called Arch-duke Ferdinand?
      • katerpilar, on 08/08/2008, -0/+5actually it`s pretty likely
      • ronintetsuro, on 08/08/2008, -2/+7No one's every heard of before? God bless that American education!
    • SlowelyFadeAway, on 08/08/2008, -15/+7With Bush in office, I find that highly possible.

      Just 3 more months...3 more ***** months...
      • Scaryclouds, on 08/09/2008, -0/+11Uhhh... Bush will be in office until January 20th 2009.
    • warriorscot, on 08/08/2008, -1/+7Not really, at the moment most of the European nations are either unable to or unwilling to enter any new conflicts and especially not over some tiny breakaway segment of Georgia that wants be Russian anyway. The US is also not in a position to be able to engage in another conflict and especially not one with an organised force as large as Russias.

      Basically, we have used up all the go to war cards, and the only thing that will change that is if someone uses nukes or chemical weapons.
      • ronintetsuro, on 08/08/2008, -0/+11Completely right. And the more organized war forces in the world understand this and are getting mroe and more bold by the year. NK's missile launch, China's Tibet problem getting ostentatiously worse, and now this.

        Bad things afoot.
    • jorichter, on 08/08/2008, -4/+13Your right, the Chinese are going to be so pissed off when they realize Russia has taken attention away from their Glorious Nation's Olympics.
    • Hangly, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3No, the two carrier battle groups now on their way to the Persian Gulf are what will start WWIII.
      • zeusthemoose, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3Source?
      • Hangly, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Look up "Operation Brimstone."

        The exercises just ended.
      • zeusthemoose, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Pretty frightening I must admit.
      • ssn697, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1carrier groups move all the time. Why is this different than the last 28 years?
      • Hangly, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1ssn I know you're a smart guy. This kind of disingenuousness doesn't become you at all.

        1) The US threatened to blockade Iran.
        2) The US, UK et al just finished joint exercises where they simulated blockading Iran.
        3) Now two carrier battle groups will join a third already in the Persian Gulf.

        Now, you tell me what you make of that.
    • da_bradler, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2I kinda hope it does, lets hope the Russians and the Chinese win this one, maybe they'll be slightly less violent leaders then the americans.
  • cryptomystic, on 08/08/2008, -20/+262There is a major war going on in Russia and it's being ignored on Digg.
    Even Fark is carrying this story, Digg has turned into a joke.
    • jhnsnp, on 08/08/2008, -16/+24*minor war in a separatist region of Georgia
    • coyote1284, on 08/08/2008, -4/+32Front page = ignored? What is this opposite day?
    • RoflcopterFUEL, on 08/08/2008, -2/+24Everyone's busy tinkering with their 999$ apps!
    • thievingypsy, on 08/08/2008, -8/+3like 'jhnsnp' said...

      minor not major.

      Georgia not Russia.
    • Straightlord, on 08/08/2008, -8/+0What do you call a Russian with his hand up a horse's ass?

      A mechanic!
      • djoobacca, on 08/08/2008, -1/+4You don't have to be a mechanic to operate on your mom.
    • Temo1, on 08/08/2008, -5/+23OBAMA! APPLE! THE DARK KNIGHT! FUNNY CAT PICTURES! XKCD!
      • Aaronontheweb, on 08/08/2008, -3/+11IPHONE! RAWSTORY! HUFFPO! DAILYKOS! UBUNTU!
      • sarixe, on 08/09/2008, -1/+3CUIL! THEPIRATEBAY! CRACKED! BREAK! TILA TEQUILA!
      • Licurgo, on 08/09/2008, -4/+0CHIUAHUAHUAS,FAKE CHOCOLATE
      • sc0rpi0n, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2TWINS! ANIMALS! CRASHED FERRARI! YOUTUBE! GOOGLE!
    • drgmdp, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1this conflict is as important to international community as the chechnya one. as long as no third countries get involved nothing bigger will happen.

      not that it's ok, but it's certainly not OMG THE END OF THE WORLD!!!!!11
  • wafflepiano, on 08/08/2008, -15/+422Digg users, I salute you.
    You suck at prioritising your Diggs.
    How is Tila Tequila and ball lightning more important than this?
    • woodge, on 08/08/2008, -15/+5C'mon man its Tila Tequila!!!
    • leerayIG88, on 08/08/2008, -14/+4I fap to that!
    • rocknrollninja, on 08/08/2008, -13/+5*****
    • Naieve, on 08/08/2008, -5/+37Because the lightning is more entertaining and less depressing then realizing Russia never changed its stripes?
      • Logicswitch1, on 08/08/2008, -10/+3than
      • Naieve, on 08/08/2008, -1/+9Yeah yeah, I know, don't type things in under 10 seconds without checking....

        Thanks for that ya spelling nazi.
      • DubiousDrewski, on 08/08/2008, -2/+4Yeah, but your name too. Didn't you mean to spell it "Naive"? Like it should be? Cause you've got more than 10 seconds to correct that.
      • Naieve, on 08/08/2008, -2/+3Who said that wasn't on purpose?

        I had an argument with a guy who called me naieve.

        So I changed my name to mock him.

        Sorta just stuck.
      • NOFXY, on 08/09/2008, -1/+1LOL I believe you meant to say naive. digga please! l2english
    • Rhythmix, on 08/08/2008, -8/+5I logged in just to digg this.
    • coyote1284, on 08/08/2008, -3/+7That's no haiku!
    • iWANTmySNback, on 08/08/2008, -0/+6since when does the news medium used to let news be free, (because our "free media" couldn't do it for themselves) have to prioritize to your standards?

      You were interested in world news, and now you have read it. Job done
    • wannabe, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1Because this requires too much thinking...
    • neveroddoreven, on 08/08/2008, -1/+7Tila Tequilla shoots balls of lightning!? zomg
    • Halgy, on 08/08/2008, -3/+2You can lead a horse to water, but you can make him give a *****.
    • quomen, on 08/08/2008, -6/+1Stop bitching. Digg content has been ***** for years now.
    • sonar1, on 08/08/2008, -5/+2its not news, its digg

      /fark

      but seriously, digg is mostly tech by choice. i go elsewhere for serious *****.
    • elperegrino, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1don't tell tila tequila lightning has balls...
    • dabura, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1***** and balls?
  • jpbreeder, on 08/08/2008, -51/+150Perfectly timed by Russia, everyone is focused on Olympics, US is at its weakest and Politicians are on Holiday.
    • BabyWookie, on 08/08/2008, -16/+94Argh! Get a clue! This ***** started with the Georgian forces invading South Ossetia and destroying its capital, killing thousands of Russia civlians and 10 peace keepers. If any one times it, it was the Georgians. It's very lame too.
      • Naieve, on 08/08/2008, -10/+4South Ossetia is part of their territory, and the citizens you are talking about are Georgians of Russian genetics.

        I seem to remember Russia telling everyone to back off when it was taking back one of its wayward provinces....
      • BabyWookie, on 08/08/2008, -2/+11South Ossetia was never a part of Georgia, until a very powerful Georgian, named Joseph Stalin, forced it it to be a part of the Georgian SSR in the late 1920's. After there were no more SSR's, its people have overwhelmingly voted to break away from the Republic of Georgia.
      • ramiro, on 08/08/2008, -8/+3HOW DARE YOU tell others to get a clue when you eject all this Russian BS on digg?

        Georgians had to take defensive action and return fire. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had announced yesterday a UNILATERAL CEASEFIRE IN HIGHLY CONCILIATORY WORDS, which was responded with intensification of the attacks on Georgian villages to the point that civilians were fleeing.
      • limax12345, on 08/08/2008, -5/+10you see most of the Ossetia people are Russian citizens, sort of the process started from 1992, end of civil war in Georgia people of South Ossetia start applying for the Russian citizenship, well, when somebody start killing that’s an act of WAR, when somebody start killing country military personal, that’s an act of WAR, when somebody start leveling the whole city using artillery systems when Olympics start, that f*** insane and cynical. I hope America now will understand who they call “Democratic nation”, what Georgian are worst than Nazi
      • Aaronontheweb, on 08/08/2008, -3/+3limax, that was about as eloquent as a drunk eating his own puke, not to mention inaccurate.
      • fas2, on 08/08/2008, -2/+3There are 2,8% Russians in South Ossetia. Get a clue!
    • byrdgang, on 08/08/2008, -2/+10LOL...Russia was not in on Georgia's planning...remember Georgia went into South Ossetia, which you could argue wasn't an invasion at all since Georgia believes South Ossetia is part of Georgia.
      • eddywolf, on 08/08/2008, -4/+11The whole world recognizes South Ossetia as part of Georgia except Ossetians and Internet freedom heroes.
      • jorichter, on 08/08/2008, -1/+5
        “As the international community has made clear, South Ossetia is a part of Georgia,” (OSCE’s Permanent Council in Vienna).
      • heystoopid, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1As always countries borders change and alter in time dependent on the point of view of the inhabitants , where the green line is drawn from time to time and the sharpness or the arms they are equipped with thus !
    • Pusod, on 08/08/2008, -10/+2RUSSIANS are invading GEORGIA? Oh ***** someone better fortify Atlanta quick!
    • Dejital, on 08/09/2008, -1/+6Why are you being dugg up jpbreeder? This is probably the most misinformed comment all day.
      • idastheman, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1Because he listened to the Georgian President's news conference from Friday and believes it to be the actual truth.
    • arma, on 08/09/2008, -1/+2Inaccurate comment, people like you ruin the internet.
    • beanzo, on 08/09/2008, -1/+1Politicians are ALWAYS on holiday.
    • nogoodnoevil, on 08/09/2008, -1/+4US special forces left Georgia on August 2nd and 3rd after training several Georgian military units. At least the Russians had the tact to wait until US forces left the country.
    • MetalliTooL, on 08/09/2008, -1/+3Uh, more like perfectly timed by Georgia. Georgia started it by attacking South Ossetia, which is mostly Russian citizens.
    • Transporter2000, on 08/09/2008, -1/+1It's like the Soviet Union filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy 16 years ago, restructured, and now are back on the scene for world domination...
  • MikhaelB, on 08/08/2008, -23/+12Official position of Russian president Medvedev about this story:

    http://digg.com/politics/Dmitry_Medvedev_made_a_st ...
  • alphonseragusa, on 08/08/2008, -7/+46The cable networks are climaxing as we type.
    • bjornski, on 08/08/2008, -0/+10They sure are. I'm hearing all about the John Edwards love child.
    • DesertDude, on 08/09/2008, -2/+2No, *I* am climaxing. It's fun to see evil-doers get punished. Georgia has been delighting in being the US's bitch, and they have the third biggest occupation force in Iraq, not to mention their cooperation with the US to fight freedom fighters.

      This is the best news in a long time. Let them get a taste of their own medicine. Never thought I'd say this but "Go Russia".
  • PolishLogic, on 08/08/2008, -21/+12Will this throw a wrench into the Falcons home opener this season? Any word from the NFL?
    • rhythmatic, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0they'll definitely plummet down the BCS rankings
  • BohicaTwentyTwo, on 08/08/2008, -22/+14Does Georgia have any oil?
    • BohicaTwentyTwo, on 08/08/2008, -2/+6Looks like oil prices are still flat.So the answer is no.
      • Nicomashi, on 08/08/2008, -1/+0Georgia have nothing, only large egos of themselves
      • jorichter, on 08/08/2008, -0/+0@Nicomashi

        "Georgia have nothing, only large egos of themselves."

        Says the guy from the Glorious Noble Honorable Nation of Russia.
    • F16Freek, on 08/08/2008, -0/+5http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4577497.stm

      Not sure if that's relevant or not... but it is oil, and it is in Georgia.
    • ssn697, on 08/08/2008, -2/+10Not since the Jheri Curl went out of style.

      /Yes! Starting the weekend early!
    • Erroneus, on 08/08/2008, -0/+9South Ossetia controls the pipelines carrying oil and gas out of the Caspian region.
    • arvidsever, on 08/08/2008, -0/+0yeah, it has a little
    • ivanmarsh, on 08/08/2008, -0/+3Not much... but there is a MAJOR investment by American power companies in the nation.
      I just wonder what Georgia expected Russia to do when they attacked them. If you attack Russia they tend to bomb the crap out of you.
      • jorichter, on 08/08/2008, -0/+0They attacked Russia? Since when is South Ossetian part of Russia?
      • NightVortez, on 08/08/2008, -0/+2Russian peacekeepers are a part of Russia and quite a few South Ossetians have Russian passports, so I'd say yes, they've attacked Russia.
      • jorichter, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0@NightVortez
        I realize that, but equally many (in fact the majority of) S Ossetians consider themselves Georgian and have Georgian passports. See how the argument goes both ways?

        And it's amazing that you know more about the events that transpired than AP and other media outlets. So the Georgians "attacked Russia" by "attacking their peacekeepers" etc?

        That's funny because the UN and NATO are investigating what actually happened (who shot first etc) at the moment, so pointing the finger at Georgia seems a bit ridiculous and unnecessary when they have yet to find out what actually took place.

        In light of that, the initial reports from the UN make claims that it was actually S Ossetian militants, who are backed by Russia, that fired the first shots at Georgians. Prompting an Georgia to retaliate, Russia followed. If that is true or not has yet to be seen, emphasis on "initial."

        I don't have a side here. I don't know what happened, I wasn't there.
        Nor were you. So please don't speculate and point fingers, it's not helpful when people are actually being hurt. And the South Ossetia argument goes both ways.
  • justinx0r, on 08/08/2008, -18/+7I posted this in another story about the same topic but I think it's worth reposting.

    "U.S. military personnel were among those at Georgia’s Vaziani military base Aug. 8 when it was bombed by Russian fighter jets, Rustavi-2 TV reported. A bomb reportedly hit a cafeteria building at the base. No word has been reported about casualties."

    Now, this is unconfirmed and could