Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts

Friday, May 08, 2009

Lost in translation 2

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday played down tensions with Russia over Georgia…

Translation: you want Georgia, NATO? No problem, you can have whatever you want; you see, our foreign policy is collapsing on all fronts, at least we can show we are making some progress…

…Obama told reporters: "We have an excellent opportunity to reset the relationship between the United States and Russia on a whole host of issues."

Translation: let’s try again

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Georgia Says It Has Uncovered Russian-Planned Military Coup

Defense Minister David Sikharulidze said an "attempt at a military coup" had been uncovered and the commanders of the Mukhrovani military base had been dismissed and soldiers confined to barracks.
The Interior Ministry said one person had been arrested.
"It was aimed at disrupting the NATO military exercises and an attempt at a military coup," Sikharulidze told Georgian Rustavi 2 television.
The Interior Ministry said Russia was involved in the coup plot.

This must be the ‘reset’ button at work…