Colin Powell Disses McCain on Georgia Russia Conflict
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From CNN's The Next President: A World of Challenges, Powell pretty well slaps McCain for his statements about Georgia here:
AMANPOUR: Except for, General Powell, it basically hopes that Russia is not going to be the aggressor. And if Russia is and you have to, you know, keep your NATO allies' security, aren't you then committed? POWELL: Under Article 5 of the Washington Treaty, which is the NATO Treaty, when one membe
r of the alliance is attacked from abroad -- meaning outside the NATO geographic limits -- then all members of NATO treat that as an attack. AMANPOUR: And yet... POWELL: Article 5 has only been invoked once in the history of the alliance, and that was on the 12th of September, 2001, when it was in
voked in our favor, when the whole NATO alliance said we were attacked, the alliance was attacked on 9/11. Now, in the current situation, the Russians acted brutally. I think they acted foolishly. But it was also absolutely predictable what the Russians would do. You could see them stacking up thei
r troops. And I think it was foolhardy on the part of President Saakashvili and the Georgian government to kick over this can, to light a match in a roomful of gas fumes. SESNO: So you're saying the Georgians provoked this? POWELL: They did. I mean, there was a lot of reasons to have provocation
s in the area, but the match that started the conflagration was from the Georgian side. AMANPOUR: And yet... POWELL: And that's a given. AMANPOUR: And some debate in the presidential elections has basically been, "We are all Georgians now." What does that mean? It's the same as was said after 9/1
1. POWELL: One candidate said that, and I'll let the candidate explain it for himself. (LAUGHTER) SESNO: You can help a little, if you'd like. POWELL: No, the fact of the matter is that you -- you have to be very careful in a situation like this not just to leap to one side or the other until y
ou've taken a good analysis of the whole situation. This was something that might have been avoided if people had looked at the Russian troops that were stacked up, if people had realized that the Russians were serious about South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and if perhaps more guidance and suggestions
had been given to President Saakashvili beyond those that he received, it might have been avoided. But it wasn't. It's over. The Russians are the offenders right now. And we have to see that. We cannot say to the Russians, "We are not going to allow the Georgians or Ukrainians or anyone else to st
art down the path toward NATO membership." It's not for the Russians to decide that. But I think it is wise for us to look at the whole strategic situation and all of our equities before deciding how fast that should happen and whether it's the time to do it right now. The Russian Federation is
not going to become the Soviet Union again. That movie failed at the box office. But they do have interests. And we have to think carefully about their interests. So you have to treat Russia as a proud country that lost a lot of its pride some 15, 16 years ago, and it's restored with a political le
adership that is enormously popular in the country and with a level of wealth they've never had before, and with concerns about their near abroad, and treat them in a straightforward, business-like, objective way and not emotionally.
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by remembering how prescott bush sponsored fascists
in the Germany in the 30th before fascists captured power.
why it was done at that time ? - to put down Central European competitors (by clashing them against Russia). Now the same people try to do it again. and why to vote for Barak or McCain if they are both representatives of the same selfish and bloody corporate web.
Ukraine became an independent and neutral state
at the same time, simultaneously
on the Referendum where 90 percent of our citizen ! voted for Ukrainian independence and neutrality and 10 percent voted against it. so after that referendum Ukraine became neutral as the Switzerland.
and its not for you or for any other thugs and thieves to steal it from us ! Neutrality presumes good relationships with everybody and first of all with ALL OUR NEIGHBOURS . So, everybody who doesnt respect it and try to drag us into their wars - to put Ukraine on he place of crossfire a
re not welcomed here.
because other Europeans are well educated
and have governments, which represent their own people.
So, it would be hard for anybody to push them into the war
but with the american projects - fascist yuschenko and saakashvili
its another story -
they were designed with this sole purpose-
to drag the Europe into the American war -
to put down the Central European competitors
by clashing them against Russia
- to drag the Europe into the American war,
to put down the Central European competitors by clashing them against Russia this was the only purpose why americans put fasciost yuschenko on the top of Ukraine with the orange revolution and saakashvili on the top of Georgia it is the same as prescot bush did in the 30th by financing fas
cists before they came to power!
Because you know its Georgians attacked Ossetia, killed thousands of people there starting their crime with the killing of Russian peacekeepers (80 ? of them) and you, piece of shit, expressed no remorse about it no condolences to these people and their families ! God damn you, dirty thu
g ! Go to hell !
who want to wipe out human race
by clashing us with each other.
it looks like we have one of their representatives here. he just explained everything to you !
Russia knows, that she should answer not only to this one aggressor but to all threats simultaneously in the most effective way ! and what would it be ?! this non-human knows what he is doing !