I want to know if the 'RUSSIA' mentioned here is the one that Putin is in charge of or the one that is supported by the USA? hmmmmmmmmm Remembering the South Ossetia v Georgia conflict. I really don't like the way wording is used to confuse me in these articles. Maybe it's just me but I really get irritated when the Elites think they can out manuever us with words.

Taliban pre-911
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Rejecting the Taliban offers to have bin Laden handed over, the U.S. instead pursued a policy of regime change well prior to the 9/11 attacks. Jane’s Information Group reported in March 2001 that “India is believed to have joined Russia, the USA and Iran in a concerted front against Afghanistan’s Taliban regime”, which included support for Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance, including “information and logistic support” from Washington.[8] Former Pakistani Foreign Secretary Niaz Naik told the BBC that he had been told by senior U.S. officials in July 2001 at a U.N.-sponsored summit in Berlin that military action would be taken against the Taliban by the middle of October. Preparations had already been coordinated with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Russia. Naik also “said it was doubtful that Washington would drop its plan even if Bin Laden were to be surrendered immediately by the Taleban.”[9]

Georgias puppet presidents rule shaky
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Georgia's president has said he is prepared to hold talks with opposition leaders in an attempt to end a month-long dispute over his rule.

Source: Al Jazeera

Mikheil Saakashvili will meet "any political forces" on Monday to try to resolve differences with them, a statement released on Sunday said.

"Mikheil Saakashvili expresses his hope that the Georgian government together with all political forces will be able to jointly overcome the problems that exist in the country," it said.

Any meeting will be the first face-to-face discussion between Saakashvili and opposition leaders since April 9, when protesters began calling for the president to step down.

Salome Zurabishvili, the leader of the opposition and a former foreign minister, said that Saakashvili's agreement to meet his political adversaries signalled a success for government opponents.

What lessons should Georgians draw from war probe findings?
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October 02, 2009
By Salome Zurabishvili
The conclusions of the independent commission on the August 2008 war in Georgia, released in a report on September 30, should not only be noted by the European Union, which mandated the report, but should also give all parties grounds for serious thought.

The basic question of who was responsible for the conflict has long been answered. The leaders of both Russia and Georgia are at fault: the Russians for provoking rather than avoiding armed conflict, and then for overreacting, and the Georgian leader for launching a disastrous military attack and thus triggering what ended as a disaster for Georgia and for thousands of civilians.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is personally responsible to his people for having launched the military aggression against Tskhinvali, and thereby giving Russia a free hand to enter, occupy, and formally recognize the independence of the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.