War
Mr. Garcia Goes to Tbilisi
By Sean at 19 October, 2009, 11:12 am
Andy Garcia has been cast to play President Mikheil Saakashvili in the upcoming film Georgia. I just hope that Garcia’s audition required to see how he looked chewing on his tie.
The film, directed by Renny Harlin, will revolve around the last year’s war between the Caucasian nation and Russia. Though war remains extremely politically charged [...]
Gunpowder Economics
By Sean at 11 February, 2009, 9:20 am
Feeling the pains of economic crisis? Can’t find a suitable place for expanding market share? Don’t fret. There is one sure fire way to keep those exports up. Sell more weapons. President Medvedev seems to agree, according to comments he made on Tuesday. Russia sold 10 percent more weapons in 2008–a record $8.35 billion worth. [...]
Read More >>Barak Turns to Putin’s Playbook
By Sean at 28 January, 2009, 9:06 am
With Labor set to go down in flames in next month’s parliamentary elections in Israel, what is a beleaguered Ehud Brarak to do to pump up his tough image among crucial Russian voters? Why, “Putinize” himself, of course. As Lily Galili reports in Haaretz:
In a bid to gain the vote of the Russian immigrants in [...]
The Withdrawal Method
By Sean at 24 August, 2008, 9:31 am
The Russians say they’ve pulled out of Georgia. George Bush and Nicholas Sarkozy charge they didn’t pull out. All this talk of pulling out sounds like they’re arguing whether Russia knocked up Georgia.
Well something is certainly gestating in Georgia. And the Russia-Georgia love child appears to be occupation. Russia’s gradual pull out has left a [...]
Ossetians Given a Voice, Humanitarian aid to Georgia
By Sean at 17 August, 2008, 10:19 am
The Western media is finally discovering the Ossetians. The Washington Post details the destruction of Tskhinvali. The Post’s Peter Finn writes,
The scale of the destruction is undeniable; some streets summon iconic images of Stalingrad during World War II or Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, which was leveled in two wars between Russian and Chechen separatists.
The [...]
The Aftermath: Mayhem, Marauders, and Cluster Bombs
By Sean at 16 August, 2008, 7:04 am
The other day I addressed the looting and mayhem Ossetian militias on waging on Georgians. It is still difficult to assess the scope of this violence but Gori appears to be a center of activity. Russian troops, according to one report, have cordoned off the city, virtually locking out Georgian police. Unconfirmed eyewitnesses reports say [...]
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