Noel wrote:
On Mon, 10 May 2004 16:55:08 GMT, m II
wrote:


I am the hypocrite? I think not. The Chechens were on the US side during
the Cold war, don't you remember?


And before that, they were considered to be Nazi collaborators, which
is why Stalin sent them on a little holiday in Khazakstan.


These same people *STILL* want their freedom.


Some want their freedom. Some want to do what Chechens have
traditionally done throughout the recorded history of the region -
make trouble for their neighbours.


Sure..where have heard THAT before? This script is getting stale pretty
fast.

See a pattern here? Look for Chechnya in this article.
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WAR ON TERROR
U.S. presence in Georgia
about oil?
Russia says American military there to protect access to petroleum
Posted: March 1, 2002
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Toby Westerman
© 2002 WorldNetDaily.com

U.S. intervention in the former Soviet republic of Georgia is not so
much to fight terrorists but to establish a "firm foothold" in the
Caucasus region in order to protect its access to the vast oil reserves
of the Caucasus and Central Asia, according to official Russian sources.

The action "may lead to unpredictable consequences" and "may involve
costs both material and political," Moscow said, characterizing reports
of the U.S. military presence in Georgia as "shocking news."

The remarks were carried by the Voice of Russia World Service, the
official broadcasting service of the Russian government, and cited from
an earlier RIA Novosti report.

U.S. military advisers will assist the Georgian military in the struggle
against terrorist elements located primarily in the remote Pankisi Gorge
region, where several thousand Islamic fighters have taken refuge from
the conflict in neighboring Chechnya

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26657

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