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	<title>Comments on: A Vital Tool of Georgian Stability</title>
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		<title>By: Alexander Shengelia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alexander Shengelia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What a great shame that author of this published  article failed to mention, the core problem in Georgia lies in its  autocratic president Saakashvili ! 
 
And no help from the West or NATO will change the course of this current despotic government who brutally oppresses its citizens.. just recently the world has witnessed how government troops violently depressed the peoples protest, it followed by shutting down the independent media and imprisoning of political opponents.  
 
Georgian citizens  are scared and confused..  All news channels and media outlets are under tight government control and censorship. (like in Zimbabwe)  This Is not the kind of Democracy they have voted a few years ago!  And more recently Georgian government attacked a South Ossetia declaring a total war (against Its own citizens) of separatist region shelling the town with &#8220;GRAD&#8221; and &#8220;ALAZANI&#8221; missiles.  
 
. In the words of the Belgian senator, Christine Defraigne, who also visited the region, said admitting Georgia to the military alliance would be &quot;reckless and insane.&quot;  
 
Dubie, deputy head of the Senate&#039;s commission on foreign affairs and defense, said the recent five-day war between Russian and Georgia was, without question, started by Georgia.  
 
&quot;As to who was the aggressor, we can say without hesitation that it was Georgia,&quot; Dubie said, adding that &quot;disinformation on the issue is unacceptable.&quot; 
 
Western countries and NATO should now unquestionably withdraw their support and let the &#8220;Misha the Looser&#8221; as he is known now..  to clean up his own mess. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a great shame that author of this published  article failed to mention, the core problem in Georgia lies in its  autocratic president Saakashvili !</p>
<p>And no help from the West or NATO will change the course of this current despotic government who brutally oppresses its citizens.. just recently the world has witnessed how government troops violently depressed the peoples protest, it followed by shutting down the independent media and imprisoning of political opponents. </p>
<p>Georgian citizens  are scared and confused..  All news channels and media outlets are under tight government control and censorship. (like in Zimbabwe)  This Is not the kind of Democracy they have voted a few years ago!  And more recently Georgian government attacked a South Ossetia declaring a total war (against Its own citizens) of separatist region shelling the town with &ldquo;GRAD&rdquo; and &ldquo;ALAZANI&rdquo; missiles. </p>
<p>. In the words of the Belgian senator, Christine Defraigne, who also visited the region, said admitting Georgia to the military alliance would be &quot;reckless and insane.&quot; </p>
<p>Dubie, deputy head of the Senate&#039;s commission on foreign affairs and defense, said the recent five-day war between Russian and Georgia was, without question, started by Georgia. </p>
<p>&quot;As to who was the aggressor, we can say without hesitation that it was Georgia,&quot; Dubie said, adding that &quot;disinformation on the issue is unacceptable.&quot;</p>
<p>Western countries and NATO should now unquestionably withdraw their support and let the &ldquo;Misha the Looser&rdquo; as he is known now..  to clean up his own mess.</p>
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