From: Andrew Johnson
Date: 2008-08-17 09:39:09
Message Russia, Georgia and the US Info War What really happened in Georgia? Some basic facts:
1. The citizens of South Ossetia have long expressed a desire to break away from Georgia and, in fact, declared themselves independent from Georgia in the 1990s. 2. On the first day of the 2008 Olympics, Georgia launched an all-out, “shock and awe” attack on numerous civilian targets in Tskhinvali, the capital city of South Ossetia 3. Russia, which shares a border and a long historical connection with South Ossetia, sent troops into the region to fight back the attacking Georgian military. 4. The arms for Georgia’s attack on South Ossetia were largely provided by the US. 5. The US and UK news media have successfully managed to portray these events as a random, unprovoked and savage attack on Georgia by Russia.In this video, Mikhail Gorbachev responds. For another example of how the reality of a war was completely recast by the US news media, check out this site from the Brasscheck.com archives: Analysis of the US led assault on YugoslaviaRussia “invaded” Georgia out of the blueand entirely unprovoked, right?Not quite. In fact, it’s amazing how successfullythe US news media doctored the basicfacts of the story. Mikhail Gorbachev was invited to providecommentary on the Larry King show andsurprised and baffled King by laying outthe simple chronology of what actually happened.Compare this with the well coordinatedUS-UK propaganda campaign. www.brasschecktv.com…
