Comments on: South Ossetia and Abkhazia Recognized

By: Kolya

Kolya — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:11:35 +0000

Shh.

US government types (and others) that remember about it hope that nobody else will.

By: Lewis B

Lewis B — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:35:43 +0000

Who now remembers Quemoy and Matsu?

By: Kolya

Kolya — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:21:45 +0000

“So what’s Vermont’s equivalent of Alamo?”

Ben & Jerry’s last stand. We all die for ice cream.

Don’t mess with people from next door, NH. They either live free or die.

By: Candide

Candide — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:58:33 +0000

So what’s Vermont’s equivalent of Alamo?

By: Chrisius Courtappointedrussiafriendlius

Chrisius Courtappointedrussiafriendlius — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:47:41 +0000

Don’t give the Canucks a pretext to invade, Kolya.

By: Kolya

Kolya — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:23:30 +0000

Canada should send peacekeepers to Vermont.

By: Kolya

Kolya — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:21:38 +0000

Good comment, W. Shedd. I assume that many people in those circles are now privately regretting that they were in such a hurry to recognize Kosovo. It’s not that there were no warnings that such a decision will open up a pandora’s box.

By: Chrisius Courtappointedrussiafriendlius

Chrisius Courtappointedrussiafriendlius — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:19:29 +0000

“Their vote won’t be counted, if one is taken in any referendum.”

Sort of like in Chechnya, that.

By: Chrisius Courtappointedrussiafriendlius

Chrisius Courtappointedrussiafriendlius — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:03:03 +0000

“Move your feet, lose your seat. Georgians who fled in conflicts during that time still wish to return, and their only mechanism to return to what they consider their homeland is for those territories to be returned to Georgia.”

I think the problem here is not the Russians, but the Abkhazians and Ossetians, who would likely kill those people. They will simply not accept being part of Georgia.

You have an intractable problem here that will not be solved by making the morally right decision, because there is none.

By: W. Shedd

W. Shedd — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:49:19 +0000

For the record, and as a big “fuck you” to all Texans, (which, lets face it, can never be said often enough) Vermont was an independent nation from 1776 to 1791. Vermont has a much stronger history of independent thought, being the first state to outlaw slavery. Vermont has a much stronger independence movement than anything you would ever hear from the greasy fat lazy fucks that occupy Texas. Google “Second Vermont Republic”.

Spoken as a true native son of Vermont.