Why was Cheney aide in Georgia before the conflict?
By on Aug 26th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Why was Cheney aide in Georgia before the conflict?
The LA Times reports that Joseph R. Wood, Vice President Cheney’s deputy assistant for national security affairs, “was in Georgia shortly before the war began.” James Gerstenzang wonders what Wood was doing there. Sergei Markov — a senior political scientist who is close to Vladimir Putin — claimed recently that the war was “part of a plot by Dick Cheney” to help John McCain. But media reports indicate that a “parade” of U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, had warned Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili not to instigate the conflict with Russia.
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i remember that rove was in the neighborhood also…
he doesn’t look think the “beach” type either…
August 26th, 2008 at 3:23 pmCorrection:
Wood had asked Saakashvili to instigate the conflict with Russia. So glad I could help.
August 26th, 2008 at 3:24 pmwhere did THAT come from? i’ll try again:
he doesn’t look like the “beach” type either…
(he obviously doesn’t “think” it)
August 26th, 2008 at 3:24 pmit’s purely coincidence, not a smoking gun at all
did I mention that McCain is a POW?
August 26th, 2008 at 3:25 pmMeh, probably nothing. Wood was just taking advantage of the Five Rugs for Five Lari sale at a market in T’bilisi.
August 26th, 2008 at 3:26 pmDC- karma awaits you. Burning in hell would be letting you off easy. I would prefer he would be drawn and quartered. Anyway to file a class action lawsuit against the Doc who prolonged his life?
August 26th, 2008 at 3:28 pmGeorgia and nearby Crimea seem to have suffered from a severe infestations of rank Republicans in the last few weeks…
Did bully Saakashvili order the slaughter of the South Ossetians on his own volition or was he egged on by the presence of Israelis, mercenaries, and American military trainers?
The Soviet dictator Joe Stalin supported the “territorial integrity of Georgia.” So why are Bush, Cheney, Rice and McCain following the imperial wishes of a Soviet dictator?
Cluborlov blogspot explains it all: check out an essay by a brilliant linguist, “The Trouble with Georgia” at
http://www.cluborlov.blogspot.com for a lucid explanation of the historical problems of South Ossetia, Georgia, Russia and the USofA.
Support the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Abkhazia. For more information, visit http://www.russiatoday.com. P. S. the cold war with the Soviet Union is over; let’s leave it over…
August 26th, 2008 at 3:29 pmHey, how ’bout that Georgian wine?!
August 26th, 2008 at 3:29 pmIt’s an early chess move. Cheney needs Russia occupied on as many fronts as possible to minimize their interference after Israel’s attack on Iran and America’s containing the blow back.
As for saying one thing for public consumption and doing something different, we should all be familiar with the Condi wink. Summer of 2006 Iran, Lebanon?
Bush and Cheney want to kick Iran’s arse in the worst way. The multinationals want access to that Persian oil.
August 26th, 2008 at 3:31 pmAnd did anyone hear about Cindy McCain going to Georgia to assess the situation? WTF?!!!
August 26th, 2008 at 3:31 pmOf course the WH’s criminals were behind Georgia’s agression on the separatist provinces! In Latin America, the US is arming the criminal Colonbian government of Uribe, which has conections with drugs production, in order to quash the new democraticly elected governments in South America! The Armament Industry hates Democracy and loves new conflicts so they can make more profits and the US can get hold on to the natural resources of these places. In the case of Georgia’s agression, energy and control of energy is behind Chenney and Rice strategies… They should be hanged for the War Crimes! Check on YOUTUBE “The Panama’s Deception” and you will see the true face of the US’s government. It is a very ugly face that has nothing to do with the American people!
August 26th, 2008 at 3:32 pmSo, Cheney gets Wood to start war?
August 26th, 2008 at 3:33 pmstateofthedivision Says: #13
You don’t think they call him “Dick” for nothing do you?
August 26th, 2008 at 3:35 pmMr. Evil Says:
And did anyone hear about Cindy McCain going to Georgia to assess the situation? WTF?!!!
Naw, she is just going to christen a new Budweiser Distribution Center. Gotta keep those 8,9 or 10 homes up, ya know!
August 26th, 2008 at 3:36 pmI’m surprised an MSM outlet ran the story. Then again, it waited a few weeks after the event occurred. I wish Pelosi would impeach these thugs, but she won’t because she’s just as spineless as the Chickenhawks
August 26th, 2008 at 3:39 pmWow, you got nothing? Guess you think it’s routine that he would be there at that time.
Like powell was in afganistan in july before 9/11….just routine, right?
August 26th, 2008 at 3:44 pmMr. Evil, to continue the theme:
While Dick gets Wood at the prospect of waging war, do you think George will pull a Harry at the RNC? (Harry Truman called his do nothing Congress back into session at the 1948 DNC)
http://stateofthedivision.blogspot.com/2008/08/is-georgie-planning-to-pull-harry.html
August 26th, 2008 at 3:47 pmWere this another time, I would be skeptical of such information, but we are talking about Dick Cheney — we also know that Karl Rove was nearby in the week before the fighting began — so I fully expect that this is entirely possible — in fact, probable.
The neocons, for their long-planned program to turn us into a one-party nation, dominate the rest of the world by defeating them militarily and economically, there is every reason to believe that they would stop at nothing to keep their present status well on the path toward their ultimate goal.
August 26th, 2008 at 3:48 pmWhy is Cheney being allowed to go to Georgia unescorted?
August 26th, 2008 at 3:52 pmCindy McCain is headed there for a photo op with wounded Georgian soldiers.
Cheney is flying there on Labor Day so he will be conveniently out of town for the convention, and will be able to advise Georgia on its next steps in keeping this fired up so McCain can claim some kind of upper hand.
Trust no one in this administration. No one. Look for ulterior motives, personal gain. Do not believe what they say.
August 26th, 2008 at 3:52 pmSacopenapa,
August 26th, 2008 at 3:54 pmRead the Shock Doctrine - you will have your words confirmed.
good_golly8 Says:
Cue the conspiracy trolls in 3….2…..1.
Goof_Goony, prepare yourself for an ultimate SMACKDOWN!!!
How come you unwaveringly support war profiteering?!?!
It makes about as much sense as your idiotic handle, you lil jerk!!! BTW, your arguments smell like caca!!!
SMACK!!!
DOWNNNN!!!!
August 26th, 2008 at 3:55 pmcome on gigi 8, post your name and mailing address, and include your phone no. You don’t want to be an anonymous blogger do you?
I emailed this little twerp and told it you had challenged it to post its real name, etc., bobwurst. I told gg that I would post its real email address here and encourage you all to write messages directly and load up its inbox.
Gave it some time to come clean here but it’s a big chicken.
So here is the email address for gg –
goodgolly2008a@yahoo.com
I will cut and paste this message into the next couple of threads just to make sure that it gets good exposure and then we can start sending endearing messages to this putrid, cowardly little troll.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:12 pmMr. Evil Says:
And did anyone hear about Cindy McCain going to Georgia to assess the situation? WTF?!!!
And the response of the MSM…. ***crickets*** Now if it was Michele Obama who was there, all hell would be breaking lose and the Republicons would be screaming “the nerve of her, who does she think she is?”.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:18 pmAnswer: Agent Provocateur
August 26th, 2008 at 4:19 pm#20 Styve, are you suggesting Richard B. Cheney wear a Hannibal Lecter type mask?
August 26th, 2008 at 4:26 pmMr. Evil Says:
And did anyone hear about Cindy McCain going to Georgia to assess the situation? WTF?!!!
i saw it on the cyron (sp?) during michelle’s speech…
commented here then, but that’s the last i heard…
photo op with the troops sounds apropos…
“and now, from the wildwest, Miss. Buffolo. CHIP!” yay!
August 26th, 2008 at 4:32 pmBo, where’d you find his email address? Or are you just trying to gather ours for your own use. Anyway it’s against the terms of use to publish somebody else’s email.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:33 pmHi katy, I posted on Ms. Buffalo Chips trip at TheZoo yesterday.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:34 pmShayne Says:
Bo, where’d you find his email address? Or are you just trying to gather ours for your own use. Anyway it’s against the terms of use to publish somebody else’s email.
Yeah, i was wondering about that. I flagged bo, that is wrong no matter how much gigi is a pain.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:45 pmI suspect he’s just trying to gather our emails Bobwurst.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:49 pmHadn’t thought about his attire, but a muzzle sounds appropriate! If Rumsfeld risked international arrest for war crimes, one would think that Cheney would be afforded the same respect.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:49 pmjust found:
Cindy McCain Travels To Republic Of Georgia To Exploit Wounded Soldiers
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/26/cindy-mccain-travels-to-republic-of-georgia-to-exploit-wounded-soldiers/
August 26th, 2008 at 4:50 pmThis further demonstrates how lazy, moronic, and frightened our press is here in the US. This whole story broke 2 weeks ago and was published in The Times of London (of all places, as it is owned by none other than Ruppert Murdoch). Yet the lazy asshats in the media here never touched this or picked up on it.
Further, I read a snarky piece over at Wonkette and thought it was a joke until I saw the source was TTOL–when I clicked to the article I couldn’t believe what I was reading–but since it was Cheney, I wasn’t surprised…talk about evil and sick!
Liberal media, my arse.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:51 pmhiya shayne…
what do you mean “gather our emails”?
what’s going on?
August 26th, 2008 at 4:52 pmCheney’s response…SO?
August 26th, 2008 at 4:53 pmReally though Bobwurst, we don’t even want to talk to Gigi here, why would we email him?
August 26th, 2008 at 4:53 pmI seem to remember Rove making a very public statement that Iraq wouldn’t be an issue in the 2008 elections. Perhaps PNAC and Cheney’s minions had other plans?
August 26th, 2008 at 5:20 pmWhy has the Georgian military budget increase from $15M in 2002 to $900M in 2008. Were the Georgians getting ready for some tiddly-winks with South Ossetia and Abkhazia? What were the Israeli military forces and the American military forces training the Georgians for anyway? More games of tiddly-winks?
Is Saakashvili the grandson of Joseph Stalin? Or does he just like to strut around like our bully-boy Bush?
The Soviet dictator Joe Stalin supported the “territorial integrity of Georgia.” So why are Bush, Cheney, Rice and McCain following the imperial wishes of a Soviet dictator?
Cluborlov blogspot explains it all: check out an essay by a brilliant linguist, “The Trouble with Georgia” at
http://www.cluborlov.blogspot.com for a lucid explanation of the historical problems of South Ossetia, Georgia, Russia and the USofA.
Support the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Abkhazia. For more information, visit http://www.russiatoday.com.
P. S. the cold war with the Soviet Union is over; let’s leave it over…Russia is just another capitalist country, with a heavy-handed leadership, kind of like the USofA, but no as bad in the 21st century. The Russians have merely responded to Georgian aggression against South Ossetians and Russian peacekeepers stationed there.
August 26th, 2008 at 5:23 pmBushie: “Cue the conspiracy theorists…”
Right. That’s what the Bushies said five years ago when people suggested that the anthrax was created by our own government.
August 26th, 2008 at 5:25 pmAs usual, the government threat was compartmentalized to a rogue employee.
Nothing systemic going on here. You people move away…
August 26th, 2008 at 6:05 pmHow many days did Georgia shell the capital os South Ossettia before Russia responded in force?
Note: Russia obviously was ready. You can’t move that kind of manpower and armaments on super short notice.
August 26th, 2008 at 6:09 pmYeah, Cheney & McCain REALLY want to play war with Russia next – that’s obvious – what scares me the most regarding Russia/Georgia is the business as usual attitude of Nancy and the rest of our useless tax dollar sucking reps in DC. Yes, I know the DNC & GOP corporate funded lobby love fests are super important to our freedoms but this shit Bushco’s pulling in Poland kinda sorta seems like something that our “experienced” politicians should be dealing with…like NOW. – ooops sorry folks, am I being too devisive? Also I saw an article online the other day and now I’m completely confused-
August 26th, 2008 at 10:17 pmhttp://uk.reuters.com/article/UKNews1/idUKL1251077920080713?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
L.A. Times Blog writes:
Unfortunately, there were no dates given on this chance encounter.
However…
Rove went to the Yalta Suumment and meet with foreign dignitaries in July of 2008…
Shhhhh… !
.
August 27th, 2008 at 2:25 amCheney was also involved in talks with Musharaff in the weeks before Mushy suspended the Pakistani Constitution and had political rivals arrested. He was also in close discussions with Musharaff prior to the assasination of Benazir Bhutto. This scumbags fingerprints are all over so many criminal acts from illegal military aggressions to the plundering of the US Treasury and dividing it up with his Haliburton and oil buddies and meddling in internaional conflicts not in a diplomatic vein but as a divisive influence in war and death for his own personal reasons and at the behest of the neoconservative agenda. This criminal does not act in the interests of America and it’s people. He is a traitor to this Country and deserves the ultimate consequences for his treasonous acts. Nancy Pelosi deserves to rot in prison for the rest of her pathetic life as well for her complicity in his crimes by not bringing impeachment charges against him despite the volume of evidence against him. Her job is to protect the Constitution and this nation from international AND DOMESTIC THREATS. HAS THERE EVER BEEN A MORE DIRE OR CREDIBLE THREAT FROM WITHIN THIS NATION AS THE VICE PRESIDENCY OF RICHARD BRUCE CHENEY?
August 27th, 2008 at 8:01 amAnd why did Rove take a “vacation” to Crimea in July??????????
August 27th, 2008 at 11:06 am