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Some withdrawal

James Forsyth 10:58am

From The Washington Post this morning:

Russian armored vehicles moved eastward from the town to a point about 30 miles from the capital, Tbilisi, and plowed aside Georgian police vehicles at a checkpoint.

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Max Kaye

August 19th, 2008 12:00pm Report this comment

Perhaps the Russians just aren't as good and practiced at withdrawal as we British are.

Richard Weatherill

August 19th, 2008 12:21pm Report this comment

Doh, keep up. Beyond a certain distance from Tbilisi, they miraculously turn into "peacekeepers".

Jimbo

August 19th, 2008 3:30pm Report this comment

We get so used to the silence from the Left on the old Communist orders throwing their weight around and then Littlejohn comes along and in plain English spells out the Olympian hypocrisy of the silence on the part of these people who now form our Establishment.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1046576/RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-Why-havent-Left-got-Georgia-minds.html

James J

August 19th, 2008 5:39pm Report this comment

All political power is derived ultimately from force. The problem is our political class still believes in the lyrics of those 1960s pop songs they remember from their youth.

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