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October 31, 2008 at 08:54:01

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It's Official: Georgia's War Crimes

by Patrick Henningsen

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So the BBC finally make it official: Georgia's war crimes. Despite the media's onslaught of pure disinfo starting from Aug 8th 2008- parroting the line that Russia had attacked little "fledgling democracy" Georgia, the game may finally be up. 

Following The Hague's recent dismissal of Georgia's bogus attempts to claim that it was attacked by Russia, the former Soviet Satellite now finds itself in the dock for war crimes. As many astute people tried to point out immediately after those events took place- that it was Georgia who attacked South Ossetia, nearly 3 months later, the mainstream media are finally running with the real story. And it seems that Georgia has committed some very horrible atrocities to boot.

The BBC's report merely scratches the surface of this debacle in Georgia, a country which has received nearly $5 Billion in US military aid since 2005 and counts no less than 500 US 'military advisors' in its country as well as 4 Israelis and 2 US citizens in its new cabinet. For "strategic reasons", Washington has been desperate to fast-track Georgia's membership into NATO. Go figure.

The BBC report describes how numerous eyewitnesses described Georgian tanks firing directly into an apartment block, and how civilians were shot at as they tried to escape the fighting.

"They went on firing all the next day without stopping. At some point there was a pause, and we saw Georgian soldiers going along the street in their Nato uniforms" said resident Taya Sitnik. Comically, Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili (former NYC lawyer) is trying a White House-style whistle stop PR tour through the US networks refuting all allegations of war crimes.

Naturally, the BBC's judicial coverage of Georgia's war crimes flies in the face of dozens, upon dozens of "expert" TV pundits, as well as the great US State Department (add to that list McCain, Palin, Obama & Biden who all included a swipe at Russia in their debates) who publically condemned Russia when there was plenty of intel available to the contrary. 

The 21st Century lesson here is that even Heads of State haven't really got a clue what's going on and are more than ready to beat the war drums because of what they believe to be fact as shown on CNN and FOX.  

This recent "official" revelation proves once again that the mainstream media are pretty hopeless when it comes to getting the truth out. And more frightening still, is the realization that mainline politicians will almost certainly follow whatever lines are being circulated around at any given time. To hell with the facts- we're living in the re-run world of the Twilight Zone. All too predictable.

To be fair, we should really cut the US media some slack. After all, for the last 8 years they've suffered from a severe case of the 'Ostrich Syndrome' when it comes to war crimes, or the trashing of the Geneva Convention- or human rights violations (relax, we won't get into all that now). 
So much for poor little Georgia. And so much for the mainstream media, once again"- asleep at the wheel of democracy. But thank god for the alternative media- diligently doing what was once referred to as journalism. 
READ the BBC's full article and report here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7692751.stm 

 

Patrick Henningsen is a charter member of the Neo-Gonzo Journalist Int'l Brigade, currently a writer and documentary filmmaker based between the US, UK and the Middle East. He is also a former Communications and PR executive from the hi-tech and entertainment industries. Higher education includes graduate of Cal Poly SLO and 15 years on the mean streets of London. He has a passion for libertarian and paleoconservative ideals and "hard talk" on the toughest issues.

 

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woman leftover from the '60's and proud of it.  very interested in issues of racism, classism, sexism and homophobia.  also, holistic health issues and health freedom of choice.  still believe that you are either part of the problem or part of the solution--there is no fence sitting.
tanyawoman leftover from the '60's and proud of it.  very interested in issues of racism, classism, sexism and homophobia.  also, holistic health issues and health freedom of choice.  still believe that you are either part of the problem or part of the solution--there is no fence sitting.

mainstream politicians not ignorant

i find it impossible to believe that mainstream politicians do not know the truth.  if the bbc can get the truth, so can this country.  it is more that this country has a policy position and mainstream politicians do not buck that policy.  why one might ask?  well first is that russia has been the boogeyman for over a century and the public has been conditioned to rally round whenever russia's name is mentioned with evil.  it too delicious a tactic to give up.  second, is the issue of who really controls this country and it is not just 1 lone politician.  it gets to be pretty dangerous for someone, even a president or candidate to go against such strong policy.  one loses their life for doing that.  so even the politicos are controlled by fear.  the naders and mckinneys serve us well as they can speak out since they are not taken seriously as leaders--but they are and do have an important place in our lives.

by tanya (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 36 comments) on Friday, October 31, 2008 at 12:13:27 PM
 


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ArchieFormer Lawyer, current Business Consultant,history buff, Christian, father of 2 sons and a supporter of democratic government.

War Crimes

What about the South Ossetian woman who shortly after the attack was trying to tell the truth of the situation on Faux News and was cut off at the pass? She and her niece who had been there during the attack just wanted to say what actually happened and were stopped mid sentence for a commercial. So the So called MSM knew the truth but refused to broadcast it.

by Archie (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1338 comments) on Friday, October 31, 2008 at 4:35:56 PM
 

 

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