Ukraine's European Revolution?

[Queequeg]

this week he has switched from his traditional Georgian fandom to Russian fandom. It will pass.

Squeelus has consistently been a psycho about modern Georgia.

Maybe a Armenian/Georgian competition thing? 

Georgians are also generally antagonistic to the interests of Abkhazians and Ossetians. 

But seriously, anyone who looks at the conflict doesn't come away with the impression that it was all Russia's fault. 

[Admiral Yi]

But seriously, anyone who looks at the conflict doesn't come away with the impression that it was all Russia's fault.

Are you conceding that your earlier post was a troll?

And if so, what is your motivation for trolling Georgia?

[Razgovory]

But seriously, anyone who looks at the conflict doesn't come away with the impression that it was all Russia's fault.

Are you conceding that your earlier post was a troll?

And if so, what is your motivation for trolling Georgia?

It's a terrible state, full of terrible people.

[Queequeg]

But seriously, anyone who looks at the conflict doesn't come away with the impression that it was all Russia's fault.

Are you conceding that your earlier post was a troll?

And if so, what is your motivation for trolling Georgia?

It was a troll in response to Derspeiss, or however his name is spelled.  My post was no more an absurd reading of that war than his.

I don't troll countries.  Georgia's a great country that, at the time, was lead by a charismatic fool who thought he could go 1996 Grozny on cities that weren't populated with ethnic Georgians, happy with the status quo, and that the United States would risk nuclear war with Russia for Tbilisi's irridentist aspirations. 

[derspiess]

[Admiral Yi]

Georgia's a great country that, at the time, was lead by a charismatic fool who thought he could go 1996 Grozny on cities that weren't populated with ethnic Georgians, happy with the status quo, and that the United States would risk nuclear war with Russia for Tbilisi's irridentist aspirations.

What was this troll in reponse to?

[Queequeg]

I misremembered.  I was trolling CdM, I guess. 

I didn't mean it that seriously, but I don't think we were selling the Georgians out.  It was an all-around fuckup. 

[derspiess]

You're forgiven.

[Grinning_Colossus]

But seriously, anyone who looks at the conflict doesn't come away with the impression that it was all Russia's fault.

Are you conceding that your earlier post was a troll?

And if so, what is your motivation for trolling Georgia?

It was a troll in response to Derspeiss, or however his name is spelled.  My post was no more an absurd reading of that war than his.

I don't troll countries.  Georgia's a great country that, at the time, was lead by a charismatic fool who thought he could go 1996 Grozny on cities that weren't populated with ethnic Georgians, happy with the status quo, and that the United States would risk nuclear war with Russia for Tbilisi's irridentist aspirations. 

The Russians technically violated the ceasefire first by sending military units to Ossetia. Saakashvili is still to blame for actually starting a war over it rather than resigning himself to the fact that Georgia will never get Ossetia and Abkhazia back.

[derspiess]

They should have sealed the Roki Tunnel-- why didn't we they bomb the shit out of it????

[Maximus]

Looks like parliament has passed a resolution ordering all military forces back to their bases immediately. Also appear to be electing a new speaker as the current one has reportedly fled the country, and raising the question of returning to the 2004 constitution.

[Maximus]

The Rada has enough members for a quorum, meaning that they are legally in session, but they are now unanimously or nearly unanimously rewriting the laws of the land to strip Yanukovych of many of his powers.

http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-liveblog-day-3-of-the-ukraine-crisis/

[jimmy olsen]

The Rada has enough members for a quorum, meaning that they are legally in session, but they are now unanimously or nearly unanimously rewriting the laws of the land to strip Yanukovych of many of his powers.

http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-liveblog-day-3-of-the-ukraine-crisis/

Was just going to post this. Very interesting, I wonder if Yanukovych will flee the country or double down on Civil War?

[derspiess]

Interesting.  I'm guessing some of the majority defected?

[Admiral Yi]

Did he have a majority?