[aaus-list] William Burns at Senate hearing on Georgia (fwd)

[Steve D]

Dear Colleagues, I am new to the list.  Please let me know if posting
political opinions from any source is allowable.

Sincere regards,
S.R Horak

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Max Pyziur <pyz at brama.com> wrote:

> fyi,
>
> MP
> pyz at brama.com
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:41:12 +0100
> From: Vadim <solar75wind at gmail.com>
> To: "Chernetsky, Vitaly A. Dr." <chernev at muohio.edu>
> Cc: aaus <aaus-list at ukrainianstudies.org>
> Subject: Re: [aaus-list] William Burns at Senate hearing on Georgia
>
>
> Dear Mr.Chernetsky,
>
> I was less lucky than you were in being able to find alternative
> sources on this story. I sent the link as is and didn't pass any
> judgment.
>
> Your VOA link confirms that Russians gave a fair coverage of this
> story. William Burns was sharply critical of Georgia's actions, in
> stark contrast with McCain campaign.
>
> The article in Korrespondent also mentions a point from Independent
> that questions why Georgians decided to deflect Russian invasion in
> Roki tunnel by bombing the sleeping city of Tskhinvali with weapons of
> mass destruction, in poorly focused, indiscriminate action.
>
> This topic is directly relevant to the political crisis in Ukraine.
> President Yuschenko is pushing very hard for a Georgia resolution in
> Verkhovna Rada.
>
> Korr did the right thing by posting this story. It is absolutely fair
> and balanced.
>
> Vadim
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Chernetsky, Vitaly A. Dr.
> <chernev at muohio.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear Mr. Gorbach, dear Colleagues,
>>
>> I do not think it is productive to send messages to the AAUS list with
>> just an Internet link, without explanation, let alone a link to a RIA
>> Novosti semi-misinformation release unfortunately reprinted by
>> korrespondent.net; a quick Internet search disproves the claim, made in
>> the Novosti story, that Mr. Burns's remarks were not covered in the US
>> media, and even more so, the Novosti rendition of Mr. Burns's remarks is
>> highly manipulative, highlighting one fragment and suppressing the rest. For
>> a balanced English-language report on Mr. Burns's testimony to the Senate
>> Foreign Relations Committee, see for example:
>>
>> http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-17-voa61.cfm
>>
>> Once again, like my fellow officers of the AAUS, I urge all posters to
>> avoid sending messages to the AAUS list that do not directly pertain to the
>> AAUS mission and scholarly focus, and also to avoid sending messages
>> consisting of just a URL without comments as to why the sender believes it
>> to be relevant to the Ukrainian Studies community.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Vitaly Chernetsky
>> AAUS Vice President
>> ________________________________________
>> From: aaus-list-bounces at ukrainianstudies.org [
>> aaus-list-bounces at ukrainianstudies.org] On Behalf Of Vadim [
>> solar75wind at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 3:49 AM
>> To: ukrainians; aaus
>> Subject: [aaus-list] William Burns at Senate hearing on Georgia
>>
>> http://korrespondent.net/world/588430
>>
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