tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post8546543446373014715..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: Briefly 2: FurnitureGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-59846400854965620352008-09-11T18:10:00.000+01:002008-09-11T18:10:00.000+01:00Thanks, Snoop. I'll link to it. I do read Totten s...Thanks, Snoop. I'll link to it. I do read Totten sometimes but I haven't recently. What he says doesn't altogether surprise me and it looks very comprehensive.<BR/><BR/> A university colleague of mine who has just written a book on Chechnya is now investigating the Georgia story. I bumped into him in the street today and this was the subject we ended up talking about. He was talking about the Ukraine being next.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-75292684116795346412008-09-11T15:48:00.000+01:002008-09-11T15:48:00.000+01:00The situation is indeed more complex than it was i...The situation is indeed more complex than it was in the good old days of the Cold War. At least the conflict borders were drawn clearer.<BR/><BR/>At first I was taken aback by the seemingly hot-headed behavior of Georgian government. But several sources that analysed the sequence of events preceding the Georgian attack came to an interesting conclusion. Here is one:<BR/><BR/>http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/2008/08/the-truth-about-1.php<BR/><BR/>There are more posts on the conflict in the same place. Comes to show that Russian chiefs continue acting based on same old imperial ambitions.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-48758060871042226042008-09-09T19:17:00.000+01:002008-09-09T19:17:00.000+01:00Thank you, Nick. I'll look them up.Thank you, Nick. I'll look them up.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-60967368173733932422008-09-09T19:03:00.000+01:002008-09-09T19:03:00.000+01:00Hello George how are you ?I have finished the tras...Hello George how are you ?<BR/><BR/>I have finished the traslation of your poems in Greek and I will publish them in the next few weeks in my blog :<BR/><BR/>http://www.nikospanagopoulos.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>Nick P.NickP.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18327705865630975705noreply@blogger.com