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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:42 PM Original message |
Russian Ground Forces Assault Vital Georgian City |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Putin = Bush with a Russian accent. nt |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Putin is much worse than Bush... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Let's hope you're right |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. The Georgian president Saakashvili = Bush |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
74. South Ossetia a sovereign country? Thanks for the laugh |
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rustydad (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. Amazing |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Kosovo is pretty much the same |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Russian news agencies report sunken Georgian ship |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Ah, s**t. |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Conquest of Georgia... |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. This is a frightening time. This is how wider conflicts start. |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Russians want... |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I agree 110% n/t |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Poland and the Baltic nations are members of NATO. |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. They realize... |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. They're scared s**tless, and would be too if I were in their shoes. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I don't want to go there either and I don't really think that we will simply because we can't. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
70. Poland and the Baltic states are members of NATO. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. I very much doubt that |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. They have moved on Gori - well beyond S. Ossetia. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
92. EU sanctions on Russia? Not fricking likely unless Europeans are tired of winter heating |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I notice the Mighty Wurlitzer is getting cranked up on both sides now. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I had a couple thoughts on that subject: |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Good points, as usual |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Ex-envoy: Georgia modeled its army after IDF |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Good find |
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fedsron2us (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. Ugh |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Sadly, that's the way it goes |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
81. Don't blame me, that's how they think. |
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fedsron2us (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. No blame intended. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. OK. |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
91. Do you get BBC World or Euronews |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. and Russia is officialy back! |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. IMHO, the Soviet Union is coming back. n/t |
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frankieT (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. I have serious doubts about these reports |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. Now there is a picture of a military with |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. No kidding...a couple of passes from ground-attack aircraft... |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. They're liberating Uncle Joe's hometown. |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. If I were Russian... |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Putin, on the other hand, may want to make it a national shrine. |
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TheLastMohican (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
66. Why are you posting this rubbish? |
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TheLastMohican (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
67. Why are you posting this rubbish? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. I know that the Russians like him. That doesn't mean that I have to. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
25. Putin is making a point and notice America is not |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. McCain, because he's nuts enough to go nuclear. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Deleted message |
Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Obama "almost incapable of moving quickly?" A "weakling?" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I don't want a cheap bully in the White House. And Obama is tougher than you think. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Deleted message |
Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. "Just look at them?" Scotch-Irish descent? McCain family from Mississippi? |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
71. Dude, what are you talking about? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
72. McCain is short-tempered, easily clouded by emotion. He would make reckless mistakes. |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Sorry, man, but tins got a gut feelin' on this one... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. He's as hot-headed as the humid air in bayou country this time of year. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. How do you ask "half of a man"? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
56. Being an asshole doesn't mean anything. Putin won't back down from McCain's idle bluster. |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
78. McCain can't find the two brain cells that he has left ... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
54. Putin doesn't cave to bluster. He might cave by being outmaneuvered. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I wouldn't trust McCain's temper |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Perfect. Yes, JFK and the Cuban missile crisis: Would you want Obama or McCain? |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. There's an interesting quote from the Vanity Fair, June 2008 article... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. Imagine Curtis LeMay as president at that time |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #46 |
79. Deleted message |
Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. Finest grammar and punctuation ever seen on DU. We'll note that on your tombstone. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #79 |
87. Oops. I posted too soon. Already gone. Thanks, Mods. |
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bronxiteforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Shrub is so in love with Puty Put. Under the GOP Russia laughs at US foreign Policy. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. At the opening ceremony, it didn't look like Shrub and Pootie Poot were in love. |
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bronxiteforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Its true Shrub was punked again |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. But, but, but he looked into Pootie Poot's heart! n/t |
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bronxiteforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. We sent a Yale Cheerleader to deal with a KGB man! |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Maybe we should have sent Cheney. |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
88. Thanks mods!.... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
89. I think the Russians would be drooling over the chance to deal with Mc Cain. |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. The illiterate poster you're addressing, bemildred.... |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
41. My guess is that the Europeans hoped that the Russians and the Georgians would use restraint. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I think Russia will show restraint eventually |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I hope so, but what will the Russians settle for? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. That's a really tough call |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. At one point today or yesterday, Russia was demanding that the current Georgian president |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Yes, contol of the pipelines is a big deal |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Well, the Russians aren't tied up elsewhere at the moment. n/t |
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TheLastMohican (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
69. My guess is |
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Takoia (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 02:22 AM Response to Reply #69 |
93. Your guess is wrong |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Yeah, and the neocons hoped for a "cakewalk" in Iraq |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. At this point, I'd take Attila the Hun, or Gabba the Hut for that matter, over Cheney. |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
43. Georgia: Gori evacuated as fears of Russian advance into Georgia grow |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Later in the article, someone associated with the U.S. Security Council |
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Winston. (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #51 |
68. All of this is really about ... |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. I agree with you on oil, and have been making posts similar to yours for a couple of days. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
59. The Telegraph is a very conservative paper |
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chatnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
80. Tbilisi resident: Russia isolated us from the world |
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