Comments on: Totten on Georgia

By: Bram

Bram — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:08:59 +0000

I didn’t believe the Russians for a second. No way was that invasion a “reaction” to anything. The Ruskies as always, do a great job of lying through their crooked brown teeth.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:59:35 +0000

It’s hard to know really who did what, but I have to say, it’s incredibly suspicious that Russia had all the invasion assets ready to go at such short notice. It’s almost as if they planned this in advance…

By: jaymaster

jaymaster — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:30:08 +0000

Frankly, I fear for Michael’s life after this report.

These guys are thugs of a level orders of magnitudes greater than the mid eastern variety he is used to dealing with.

I suspect most other journalists don’t have the cojones to report what they know about Georgia.

By: Jusuchin (Military Otaku)

Jusuchin (Military Otaku) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:44:58 +0000

It’s probably just me, but 24 hour news coverage may be unimportant. For big events like these, each news channel is jockeying for ratings and every little bit of news, however insignificant, or, most likely the case, wrong and merely just a rumour, gets put on the airwaves.

Sometimes, in certain events, they’ll gravitate to some self-named expert (example: Jack Thompson on the VA tech shootings) who holds a very biased view and often probably don’t know much about the event and merely throwing stuff out there.

Each side has their own problems, in this conflict. Georgia is trying to maintain its internationally recognized border, Russia is merely taking little tippy-toes back into the region and wondering why its former satelite states are looking forward to the missile shield.

Personally. With the news coverage nowadays, I just tend to go to BBC for news. A bit bland when compared to American news, but I have more faith in them.

By: DoubleTapper

DoubleTapper — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:53:01 +0000

All the media needs to do is read their own archives. How could they forget Afghanistan?

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By: Nadnerbus

Nadnerbus — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:32:32 +0000

I think its just standard western journalism laziness. Some authoritative source started that meme, and now its become orthodox. The 24 hour news cycle has long since moved past correcting that kind of thing.

I’ve seen suspicion cast towards the Sov- er, Russians in the media. Its just that they cast an equal amount of suspicion towards Georgia too, and for the most part don’t want anything to do with either’s problems. To me though, a quick thought exercise is all that I need to make up my mind. Who stood to gain the most from all of this? And the answer from what I have seen so far ain’t Georgia.

By: Coolhand77

Coolhand77 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:57:21 +0000

Of course not, after all, the media and libs are socialists. They probably all cry themselves to sleep over the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. To watch it come back from the ashes would validate all they belive in and hold dear.