PEN-L message, Re: [Pen-l] new word on the Russia/Georgia war

Re: [Pen-l] new word on the Russia/Georgia war

To: "Progressive Economics" <pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: Re: [Pen-l] new word on the Russia/Georgia war

From: "Jeffrey Fisher" <jeff.jfisher@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:53:25 -0600

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as for the rest, yes, i think you're right. it does have that eerie familiarity, though, doesn't it?

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Robert Naiman <naiman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Interestingly, though, the testimony - as noted in your quote below -
seems to back the assertions by U.S. diplomats that they did not, in
fact, give the green light. There are some strong indications,
however, that there was freelancing going on outside of official
channels. Glaspie, on the other hand, was the U.S. ambassador.

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> april glasby, where are you?
>
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> In his comments, the former diplomat said that Mr. Saakashvili was
>> responding to Russian provocation, but that he had long been planning
>> to take control of the enclaves, which won de facto independence from
>> Georgia in fighting in the early 1990s.
>>
>> Mr. Kitsmarishvili said the president aimed to start an offensive in
>> 2004, but met with resistance from Western and other Georgian
>> officials.
>>
>> Among the catalysts for the offensive, Mr. Kitsmarishvili said, was
>> the belief that United States officials had given their approval. When
>> he tried to verify that information with the American diplomats in
>> Tbilisi, Mr. Kitsmarishvili said, he was told no such approval had
>> been given.
>

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