tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post7659880943017531348..comments2024-10-25T13:58:36.797+01:00septicislehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03369157723084834549noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post-86995871852588686912008-08-30T14:26:00.000+01:002008-08-30T14:26:00.000+01:00Kosovo will be absorbed by Albania. Then it's on to Macedonia.Jemmy Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613242697482178552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post-29039410128376699312008-08-30T07:52:00.000+01:002008-08-30T07:52:00.000+01:00Much as it may run counter to solidifying western narratives - and even appear counter-intuitive - My gut feeling is that Saakashvili's attack on S Osettia was anything but a surprise in Washington. If that is so, then it begs some vary profound questions - rather more profound than Putin's simple allegation of a stunt to help McCain too. The level and ruthless effectiveness of the Russian response may (or may not) have surprised Washington/NATO but that the Georgian assault could have taken place without both the fore-knowledge and therefore a green light from Washington borders on the ridiculous. Either that or the US military and intelligence services (embedded in the Saakashvili regime as they undoubtedly are) were grossly incompetent (again???).<BR/><BR/>I fear there are much deeper, Machiavellian motives in play here and that this was a major gambit on Brzezinski's Grand Chessboard. Can't be CERTAIN who was its initiator - though the US have to be odds-on - but Saakashvili is almost certainly little more than a sacrificial pawn.Sabretachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652655872639394084noreply@blogger.com