Comments on: The Russo-Georgian War…once more, with feeling http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/10/24/the-russo-georgian-war-once-more-with-feeling/ global risks and how to respond to them, edited by Alex Evans and David Steven Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Julian Evans http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/10/24/the-russo-georgian-war-once-more-with-feeling/comment-page-1/#comment-16680 Julian Evans Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:58:51 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=11969#comment-16680 In reply to C Ellis: I don't fully understand your question. Do you mean in what way would a Russian film about the war be propaganda as opposed to historically accurate? If so, I'm fairly sure the Russian cinematic version of the events (which I haven't seen) never suggests that the Russians laid the foundations for this whole conflict by stoking separatism in Ossetia, Ajaria and Abkhazia, which they did - not with any genuine concern for the people there, but with the desire to keep Georgia fractured, unstable, and therefore out of NATO. In reply to C Ellis:

I don’t fully understand your question. Do you mean in what way would a Russian film about the war be propaganda as opposed to historically accurate?

If so, I’m fairly sure the Russian cinematic version of the events (which I haven’t seen) never suggests that the Russians laid the foundations for this whole conflict by stoking separatism in Ossetia, Ajaria and Abkhazia, which they did – not with any genuine concern for the people there, but with the desire to keep Georgia fractured, unstable, and therefore out of NATO.

]]> By: Vicky Collis http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/10/24/the-russo-georgian-war-once-more-with-feeling/comment-page-1/#comment-16666 Vicky Collis Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:23:45 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=11969#comment-16666 Last time I was in Tbilisi, the Georgian Army was rehearsing for its annual (but not this year) parade to mark Independence Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE3WkKneOh8&feature=fvw). The driver bravely doing battle with the roadblocks to take me to the Armenian border was heard to mutter darkly that it would be a perfect day for Russia to invade South Ossetia, since every soldier in the country was occupied on Rustaveli Avenue. Last time I was in Tbilisi, the Georgian Army was rehearsing for its annual (but not this year) parade to mark Independence Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE3WkKneOh8&feature=fvw).

The driver bravely doing battle with the roadblocks to take me to the Armenian border was heard to mutter darkly that it would be a perfect day for Russia to invade South Ossetia, since every soldier in the country was occupied on Rustaveli Avenue.

]]> By: C. Ellis http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/10/24/the-russo-georgian-war-once-more-with-feeling/comment-page-1/#comment-16502 C. Ellis Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:02:34 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=11969#comment-16502 "only to retreat into a position of craven victimhood when his army showed itself incapable of resisting the Red Army for more than a day" ! If it's recognised that president Saakashvili started the war, in what way would the Russians inject further propaganda? “only to retreat into a position of craven victimhood when his army showed itself incapable of resisting the Red Army for more than a day” !

If it’s recognised that president Saakashvili started the war, in what way would the Russians inject further propaganda?

]]> By: John Philp http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/10/24/the-russo-georgian-war-once-more-with-feeling/comment-page-1/#comment-16489 John Philp Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:55:57 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=11969#comment-16489 Not everything out there is propaganda. There’s an objective documentary that looks at this war and the fallout for Saakashvili. Check out some clips… http://baddogtales.com/mishaversusmoscow.html Not everything out there is propaganda. There’s an objective documentary that looks at this war and the fallout for Saakashvili. Check out some clips…

http://baddogtales.com/mishaversusmoscow.html

]]> By: John Philp http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/10/24/the-russo-georgian-war-once-more-with-feeling/comment-page-1/#comment-16488 John Philp Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:55:03 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=11969#comment-16488 Not everything out there is propaganda. There’s an objective documentary that looks at this war and the fallout for Saakashvili. Check out some clips… http://baddogtales.com/mishaversusmoscow.htmlN Not everything out there is propaganda. There’s an objective documentary that looks at this war and the fallout for Saakashvili. Check out some clips…

http://baddogtales.com/mishaversusmoscow.htmlN

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