Chivers' account on start of Russian-Georgian war finally emerges

ARTICLE: "Accounts Undercut Claims By Georgia On Russia War: Independent Military Observers Described Wide Shelling in Enclave's Capital," by C.J. Chivers and Ellen Barry, New York Times, 7 November 2008.

About time.

Read it and learn some truth amidst all the BS fed us.

Comments

[farhad]

Dr barnett , if you remember, thats exactly what i said.the neo-con'splan,the old plan,of destroying the Russian power(hemsphire),thenChina, and later,the European.in the same order.preventing,Germany,France,Russia unity,bringing the European to Atlantic Via England &east Eurpeans.China,thruogh unity with India.control Europeans withgreater middleeast plan,through controlling oil & gas.thats where the militerey palys the big roll,having lost the edge on technology,&economicly;the ability of production.

[Matt Osborne]

The early Georgian claims had a false note to them. War is such a blunt instrument, especially with Soviet-era equipment; there couldn't possibly be anything "precise" about shelling a civilian area. Now if only the truth could find its way to becoming popular knowledge...

[Tom Barnett]

Farhad,

Because you're operating in a second language, I cut you more slack than others, but when you peddle this goofy shit, you sound like somebody who can't keep up with events and thus substitutes low-grade conspiracy garbage, which I know you are not.

If you need to peddle the Big Devil storyline, then you need to take it somewhere else, because I can't abide such ignorance.

This is a grown-up forum for grown-ups. Elevate your material pronto or we'll stop publishing your comments.

The only reason I will leave your comment up is as a warning to others that I cannot stand that sort of bullshit.

This is a place to get smarter, not be a smart-ass. You either make everyone else smarter with your comments or you're gone.

I'm done with people who simply bring down property values with their particular manias.

Pick up the pace now, because I'm not partial to second warnings.

[Steven]

War Nerd at exiledonline basically has been saying the same thing since this all started.

Here's the cite to the latest article:

http://exiledonline.com/ossetia-all-over-but-the-whining/#more-768

It's an interesting analysis and based on his points I think I follow it better than the CNN line.