[aaus-list] Korr: "The demons" + Most Georgians lost respect for...

[Sorokowski, Andrew (ENRD)]

Re: "hailstorms", for the record  -- and for balance, not justification -- see Human Rights Watch report on Russia's use of cluster bombs in Georgia. Of course, since they didn't sign the 107-nation pact prohibiting this weapon, it was "legal."
Andrii

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http://blogs.korrespondent.net/journalists/vitaliysych/4490

The cynical Putin and reckless Saakashvili have measured their
ambitions at the expense of thousands of civilians (civilian lives).
...
It was hard to find answers to some questions. Why did Georgians need
to bomb Tskhinvali with "Hailstorms"? This weapon cannot be used for
precision point strikes but wipes out anything alive on hectares of
land.
...
Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Konstantin Yeliseev
acknowledged that both sides are to blame. The ex-Defense Minister,
Anatoliy Hrytsenko, expressed the same opinion.
...
Who doesn't know that Russia is run by a handful of drug addicts with
Napoleonic ambitions? [Really?? Ukraine and Georgia would have long
lost their independence -- VG]
...
Why did Saakashvili want to test Russia's demeanor? It may have been
brave, but absolutely senseless. Dumb. Irresponsible.
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http://korrespondent.net/world/555183

"Mikhail Saakashvili lost not only South Ossetia [and Abkhazia -- VG],
but also respect of most of Georgian citizens"
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