The Georgia war conspiracy theory
When Russian troops attacked Georgia, I expected the "blame America first" crowd to claim it was somehow our fault. And I figured that the purveyors of moral equivalence would suggest that we were in no position to criticize Russia since we invaded Iraq. (Never mind that we liberated Iraq from a brutal, genocidal dictatorship after it defied 14 U.N. resolutions, whereas the Russsians are trying to topple a democratic government and want to take over a free country as a first step to reestablishing a Russian Empire.)
But I admit that even I was surprised by Robert Scheer's insane conspiracy theory claiming that the McCain campaign is behind the whole thing:
Is it possible that this time the October surprise was tried in August, and that the garbage issue of brave little Georgia struggling for its survival from the grasp of the Russian bear was stoked to influence the U.S. presidential election?
Before you dismiss that possibility, consider the role of one Randy Scheunemann, for four years a paid lobbyist for the Georgian government, ending his official lobbying connection only in March, months after he became Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain's senior foreign policy adviser.
Previously, Scheunemann was best known as one of the neoconservatives who engineered the war in Iraq when he was a director of the Project for a New American Century. It was Scheunemann who, after working on the McCain 2000 presidential campaign, headed the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, which championed the U.S. Iraq invasion.
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In 2005, while registered as a paid lobbyist for Georgia, Scheunemann worked with McCain to draft a congressional resolution pushing for Georgia's membership in NATO. A year later, while still on the Georgian payroll, Scheunemann accompanied McCain on a trip to that country, where they met with Saakashvili and supported his bellicose views toward Russia's Vladimir Putin.
Um, unless I'm mistaken, Saakashvili's "bellicose views" are that Russia should stop supporting rebel armies in two provinces that have long been a part of Georgia, should stop trying to intimidate and dominate Georgia, and has no right to annex Georgia. <snark>What a monster.</snark>
As for the rest of Scheer's screed, it criticizes Georgia's "imperial designs" on two of its own provinces, it attempts to demonstrate that the whole Georgia crisis was manufactured by McCain and his "neoconservative cabal" to further his election chances, and it paints Vladimir Putin as an innocent victim.
Wow.
Your opening five words need a review and a rewrite.
I reviewed them. No rewrite needed. None needed for this, either: "...the
Russsians are trying to topple a democratic government and want to
take over a free country as a first step to reestablishing a
Russian Empire."
georgia attacked first, they knew they had no chance. look at whats
happening now, everyone is now supporting georgia and condeming russia. how
convienient for georgias president, 1. rather than going at it alone he now
has support from his neighbours, doesnt it seem odd, none of the harsh
words from them wouldnt have appeared till the war was fought,2. they now
have an excuse to join nato. 3. it weakens russia international standing
and puts the U.S as the saviour of all. 4. georgias president now has more
support from his people thus giving him more leverage if elections were
called because now he's the man fighting to restore georgia 5. russia is
now the bad guy and georgia is the good guy on the recieving end, even
though it was their decision to attack, thus provoking international
outcry( the best publicity stunt). I applaud the georgian president, your a
big man to put your country at war knowing the outcome, but hey as long as
you get some attention
Well, neos'aregay, it would be easier to respond to your comment if you
used standard English -- like capital letters and paragraphs. But, no
matter. Your illiterate pseudonym makes it clear that standard English
isn't your thing.
You sir are a silly silly man! i happened to be there when it all went
down, and have gotten the story before it was twisted then released upon
america.
Georgia did in fact attack Ossetia first and did so for ridiculous
reasons. Georgian soldiers poisoned CIVILIANS water supply and bombed
CIVILIAN cities. After they bombed they thought how nice it would be to
throw grenades and start fires in the basements where the CIVILIANS were
hiding. Women, children, and elderly! Also, they made videos of such
atrocities!
Russia warned them ahead of time not to do this, but they
didn't listen. Fair enough if u ask me.
Georgian terrorists have been caught in Moscow< and more terrorists are
on the move, no doubt to bomb CIVILIANS!
Good ol' america sends aid and money to poor lil georgia. America is in
fact funding and supporting terrorism. Your government is lying to u! It
always has, and always will!
I'm a leader of a certain organization who is in a position change all
this. A vast legion of free thinking people who have had enough. Theres
nothing to be done to stop this. We will in fact restore this pitiful oil
drilling, planet killing, piece of dirt government to what it once was in
the old days.
Wow, AllSeeing, you're full of accusations without any substantiation. Have
you seen these atrocity videos? Well, link to them. Terrorists in Moscow?
Link to your source. It's not hard. Click the Help tab in the Post Comment
dialog box for instructions.
First things first pussycat! They aren't accusations! They are fact! I told
u i was there and heard all the news long before it ever reached American
television. I do not have any "sources" to show as i was in Russia reading
the papers and hearing the news. i have found a couple links to videos i
found. Unfortunately most have been deleted no doubt by non other than the
good old american government.
South Osettia has been Georgian territory for over 1000 years -- long
before the ethnic Ossetians migrated there. When Georgians fight Ossetian
rebels, they are defending their own territory.