Steady State

I promise you…

May 18th, 2008 by jibs

Just a follow up on the last post: here is a promise Mr. Saakashvili has made during the last elections in January. Maybe it should be noted as historical as well:

I promise you – and this is not a promise made as part of a pre-election campaign - if the January 5 elections are held normally, we will spend next winter in a warmer climate; we will be back in our homes. I promise this to you and I guarantee this. I have never before said anything more concrete. […]

I want to promise you that in the nearest future – I was thinking of doing that in my first presidential term, but because of well known reasons, I have cut that term – so in the nearest future, I mean in the next few months, I am not saying years, we, along with the international community, will create conditions for your return to Abkhazia in safety and dignity.

So, don’t get the illusion that it had anything to do with the elections — it was all a part of the plan, and had it not been for the November chaos, Abkhazia would be back into Georgia within a few months. Uhh, that treacherous opposition…

But, really, a simple question: HOW? At best, there is no answer because this grand plan would unveil the secret peaceful offensive Georgia holds to win over the Abkhaz population in a matter of weeks. In other words, two societies divided by war for about 20 years will come together very rapidly, unexpectedly and swiftly.

I wonder why Saakashvili is usually mentioned as “pro-Western” and not as “populist who has a few more weeks left to reunite his country”.

By the way, it already has been 4 months since his promise, and I guess Saakashvili’s promise will expire in 8 months the latest — as in 8 months “the few months” will be a year. There was one guy in Georgia — Irakli Okruashvili — the former Defense Minister and now Saakashvili’s bitter run-away-critic who promised to regain another separatist enclave South Ossetia before the New Year. For some reason, every time his name used to be mentioned, it was in the context of his pledge to regain control over South Ossetia. I wonder why the “pro-Western” Saakashvili does not get the same introduction. What, he is not taken seriously? Really?

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