Originally posted by The17sss
Damn man, that's one hell of a reply... I didn't expect all that detail but I certainly appreciate your thoughts. As you can see above, I edited most of it out in the quote box because I just wanted you to get the point of who this reply was going to. Anyway, looks like the beat goes on in Russia with the media oppression (You getting this, Otec?). Kremlin critic shot dead yesterday, getting a bullet in the head for "resisting arrest"... mmm hmm:
Originally posted by The17sss
yeah that's what i heard he did... allegedly. He's turning into a characature of himself with these growing myths of machismo. It's kind of funny. Those pictures of him fly fishing with no shirt on last year were hilarious
I kinda always thought Rambo needed an eastern counterpart...
Magnetonium
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Originally posted by The17sss
Damn man, that's one hell of a reply... I didn't expect all that detail but I certainly appreciate your thoughts. As you can see above, I edited most of it out in the quote box because I just wanted you to get the point of who this reply was going to. Anyway, looks like the beat goes on in Russia with the media oppression (You getting this, Otec?). Kremlin critic shot dead yesterday, getting a bullet in the head for "resisting arrest"... mmm hmm:
He wasn't a Kremlin critic, he was the critic of Ingushetia's leader Zyazikov. And Ingushetia is very ed up today, I've been reading some horrific reports from there. An ethnic Russian family was viciously executed by unknown masked men just couple months ago. Pro-Russian and anti-Kremlin people get shot all over, but I have to admit that much of the oppression is directed against anti-Kremlin feeling, since Zyazikov is Kremlin's ally, but Yevloyev was a good buddy of Putin. Zyazikov is so corrupt and should have been gone long time ago. Police officers and troops get shot at and killed with an intensity in recent months. Conflict could erupt any minute. Its very tense. Indeed, police do on occassions have been known to haul away young men for questioning and accused of torture and improper interrogation techniques. People have gone missing. I have to note than Ingushetian police is mostly ethnically Ingush. Large number of ethnic Russians have already left the republic, mainly in the 1990s, but more important in the recent years. The republic has high poverty rates and is the biggest internal threat in Russia.
Magnetonium
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Originally posted by The17sss
yeah that's what i heard he did... allegedly. He's turning into a characature of himself with these growing myths of machismo. It's kind of funny. Those pictures of him fly fishing with no shirt on last year were hilarious
Putin is a huge legend in Russia. Everything successful in Russia is pitted on him. It got so ridiculous that during the recent Georgian conflict Russian soldiers in the war zone stated blatantly, that they will leave when "Putin says so". Cult status. Women calling during his annual national question answering 4-hour marathon (when he was president), crying to thank Putin for giving her life back, that was stolen in Yeltsin years.
And he didnt kill the beast. He was given the honour of tranqulizing the very rare Siberian tiger to plant a tracking necklace to study and protect the beast. Russian state television showed the whole process from start to finish, in the end, funny enough, the tiger was walking with the necklace down the path and it was soooo hung over, swerving from side to side ... LOL ... dam tranquilizers!
Krypton
WHYYYY? We don't have $1 billion to just give away! How about $1 billion to help college students go to school dammit...
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Bush announces $1 billion in aid for Georgia
By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer
Wed Sep 3, 7:24 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Pushing back against an increasingly aggressive Moscow, President Bush said Wednesday the U.S. will send an extra $1 billion to Georgia to help the pro-Western former Soviet republic in the wake of Russia's invasion.
I guess we are basically paying for the ability to have free access to that area of land
Krypton
Glad the president cares so much about a country halfway around the world. No wonder here at home, things have gone to . The government is throwing money at whoever begs for it!
hardcore trancer
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Originally posted by Krypton
Glad the president cares so much about a country halfway around the world. No wonder here at home, things have gone to . The government is throwing money at whoever begs for it!
"Today we are all Georgians" :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Krypton
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Originally posted by hardcore trancer
"Today we are all Georgians" :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
No John, I'm AMERICAN. I want nothing to do with Georgia, UNDERSTAND? Of course not. Oh and get this from Condi Rice...
"The free world cannot allow the destiny of a small independent country to be determined by the aggression of a larger neighbor".
Really Condi, seriously? F*cking hypocrits pissing me off. If I had my wish, I'de have hundreds of thousands surround the White House and demand the president resignation immediately. But of course, Americans are desensitized by the media and consumerism to even care. Really is a shame. We are going the way of the Roman Empire. Too lazy to even fight its own wars...
otec
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Originally posted by Krypton
WHYYYY? We don't have $1 billion to just give away! How about $1 billion to help college students go to school dammit...
Why? I know why. The answer is Azerbaijan.
Today you invest $1bln, tomorrow you will get $10-20bln back.
The thing I love in the US is that they are very pragmatic and cold-headed.
hardcore trancer
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Originally posted by otec
Why? I know why. The answer is Azerbaijan.
Today you invest $1bln, tomorrow you will get $10-20bln back.
The thing I love in the US is that they are very pragmatic and cold-headed.
Right on, and the next thing you know 6 years down the row the so called "our friend" becomes a "terrorist nation" and the US invades it.
Magnetonium
Georgian troops have been accused of killing many civilians in South Ossetia. Well, here's a video of some Georgian troops having good ol' time fun of shooting any every focking thing they can think of - trees, apartments, windows, and recording it ALL on cellphone video, and screaming "WOOOO HOOOOO!" You can clearly see there was noone fighting back. They are just shooting with high-calibre weapons. Near the end of the video you'll notice a guy on the right giving the soldier hand signal to fire a salvo at a building on the right. Later on the video was recovered from the captured Georgian soldier.
Russian general claims their troops have recovered an American passport in the battle zone.
