CRAWFORD, Texas — President Bush is sending a stern warning to Russia that it cannot lay claim to two disputed regions in Georgia. Bush says there is no room for debate on this point. He says the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia are part of Georgia and lie within internationally recognized borders. Russia's foreign minister has said that Georgia could forget about getting back those provinces. Russia's president met in the Kremlin this past week with the leaders of those regions. That was seen as a sign that Moscow could absorb the areas. Bush also says Russia must abide by a cease-fire that Georgia and Russia now have signed. It calls for both forces to pull back to positions they held before fighting broke out Aug. 8.
What a gigantic hypocrite Bush is. What if Russia sent a stern warning to America to get out of iraq and Afganistan? Russia Today: Medvedev: We will back any decision of Abkhazian and Ossetian people. PressTV: Russia: Kiss South Ossetia goodbye! By holding on to South Ossetia, Russia will have secured for itself a forward position, overlooking the planned Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan pipeline that will pass through the valley just south of the 5000 meters high Caucasian mountain range. Something tells us that South Ossetia will be nothing short of a Russian military base for the foreseeable future, making it possible for Russia to control this vital part of the oil supply to the West. -Israel & the US can indeed kiss South Ossetia goodbye!