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		<title>Comment on Okruashvili&#8217;s Thorny Attack by Kalisrat</title>
		<link>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2007/10/14/okruashvilis-thorny-attack/#comment-1261</link>
		<author>Kalisrat</author>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2007/10/14/okruashvilis-thorny-attack/#comment-1261</guid>
		<description>I think both of them the “stars of revolution” Okruashvili and Saakashvili and some of their followers deserve to rest behind the bars:)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think both of them the “stars of revolution” Okruashvili and Saakashvili and some of their followers deserve to rest behind the bars:)</p>
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		<title>Comment on Lunch with Saakashvili by Medea</title>
		<link>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/05/02/lunch-with-saakashvili/#comment-1206</link>
		<author>Medea</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 16:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/05/02/lunch-with-saakashvili/#comment-1206</guid>
		<description>its a joke really...no comments :))</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>its a joke really&#8230;no comments :))</p>
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		<title>Comment on Lunch with Saakashvili by owner finance contract</title>
		<link>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/05/02/lunch-with-saakashvili/#comment-1195</link>
		<author>owner finance contract</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 12:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/05/02/lunch-with-saakashvili/#comment-1195</guid>
		<description>&lt;strong&gt;owner finance contract&lt;/strong&gt;

&#38;# x2192; You can Stumble on a Random Article on this site for further reading.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>owner finance contract</strong></p>
<p>&amp;# x2192; You can Stumble on a Random Article on this site for further reading.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Lunch with Saakashvili by jibs</title>
		<link>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/05/02/lunch-with-saakashvili/#comment-848</link>
		<author>jibs</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/05/02/lunch-with-saakashvili/#comment-848</guid>
		<description>This is rather funny: 

It turns out Saakashvili's National Movement has actually a "50 months" action plan for second largest city Kutaisi. There is symbology in this number, like in anything that the National Movement declares: #5 was Saakashvili's number during presidential elections, 50-day program was to re-energize country's efforts to "defeat poverty"; in 5 years Poti (another city will be a new Dubai) and now the 50 month plan :) 

you know, it would be easier, and less PR-ish to simply say 4 years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is rather funny: </p>
<p>It turns out Saakashvili&#8217;s National Movement has actually a &#8220;50 months&#8221; action plan for second largest city Kutaisi. There is symbology in this number, like in anything that the National Movement declares: #5 was Saakashvili&#8217;s number during presidential elections, 50-day program was to re-energize country&#8217;s efforts to &#8220;defeat poverty&#8221;; in 5 years Poti (another city will be a new Dubai) and now the 50 month plan <img src='http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>you know, it would be easier, and less PR-ish to simply say 4 years.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Elections = external tensions by Global Voices Online &#187; Georgia: War with Russia?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/04/30/elections-external-tensions/#comment-834</link>
		<author>Global Voices Online &#187; Georgia: War with Russia?</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 07:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/04/30/elections-external-tensions/#comment-834</guid>
		<description>[...] tensions are happening, but from a different perspective. TOL Georgia, for example, thinks it is not coincidental that parliamentary elections are due to be held in the former Soviet republic later this month. Tensions with Russia usually result in increased [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] tensions are happening, but from a different perspective. TOL Georgia, for example, thinks it is not coincidental that parliamentary elections are due to be held in the former Soviet republic later this month. Tensions with Russia usually result in increased [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Elections = external tensions by Global Voices Online &#187; Georgia: Election Time Tensions with Russia</title>
		<link>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/04/30/elections-external-tensions/#comment-747</link>
		<author>Global Voices Online &#187; Georgia: Election Time Tensions with Russia</author>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 18:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/04/30/elections-external-tensions/#comment-747</guid>
		<description>[...] Georgia says that whenever elections are planned, a scandal involving Russia always occurs. The comment comes after the recent apparent downing of a Georgian drone by a Russian MiG-29 and [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Georgia says that whenever elections are planned, a scandal involving Russia always occurs. The comment comes after the recent apparent downing of a Georgian drone by a Russian MiG-29 and [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Elections = external tensions by jibs</title>
		<link>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/04/30/elections-external-tensions/#comment-731</link>
		<author>jibs</author>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 08:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/04/30/elections-external-tensions/#comment-731</guid>
		<description>During the Presidential elections in January:

“I hope we will be able to resume dialogue [with Russia] to normalize ties,” Saakashvili said on a Rustavi 2 TV talk-show on January 8. “You may notice that during my election campaign I never actually spoke about Russia – even though we have many problems [with Russia] – I refused to use that card, knowing even that it could have been a major vote catcher. Why? Because it was the responsible thing to do; it is also a sensitive issue for them [the Russians], as Georgia is a very important country for Russia… We will invite the Russian president [Vladimir Putin] to the inauguration and we will try to start relations from a blank page; it is our duty to build these relations and to, at least, remove hindering factors in our relations.”

Saakashvili's conciliatory remarks were in marked contrast to his position following the police dispersal of anti-government demonstrators in Tbilisi on Novemebr 7. Saakashvili then accused Russia of masterminding the unrest and expelled three Russian diplomats from Georgia. “We have incontrovertible evidence that these people played a major role in [recent developments in Georgia]. It was planned there [Russia], financed from there and implemented through the help of their friendly oligarch [Badri Patarkatsishvili],” Saakashvili said on November 7.

Notice what now is the position: 

President Saakashvili said on May 3: “One part of Georgia is today under the occupation of one of the biggest aggressors.”

Speaking at his ruling party’s congress in Tbilisi, Saakashvili did not name any country, but Georgian officials have been referring to extra Russian troops in breakaway Abkhazia as “aggressors.”

Saakashvili also said that Georgia’s major goal was “to establish peace.”

“Everything that we have accomplished recently, we’ve done it through peace,” he continued. “Everything that we will achieve in the future, we will do that through peace. Everything that we have done confirmed that our country belongs to every ethnic group [living in Georgia]. This peace needs to be protected and to its protection needs unity. It will be impossible to defeat Georgia if it has international support and if there is unity within the country.”


Saakashvili should send a thank you note to Putin for helping his party win the elections -- given that it does -- and of course it will -- a few irregularities here and there and the victory is in the sack.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>During the Presidential elections in January:</p>
<p>“I hope we will be able to resume dialogue [with Russia] to normalize ties,” Saakashvili said on a Rustavi 2 TV talk-show on January 8. “You may notice that during my election campaign I never actually spoke about Russia – even though we have many problems [with Russia] – I refused to use that card, knowing even that it could have been a major vote catcher. Why? Because it was the responsible thing to do; it is also a sensitive issue for them [the Russians], as Georgia is a very important country for Russia… We will invite the Russian president [Vladimir Putin] to the inauguration and we will try to start relations from a blank page; it is our duty to build these relations and to, at least, remove hindering factors in our relations.”</p>
<p>Saakashvili&#8217;s conciliatory remarks were in marked contrast to his position following the police dispersal of anti-government demonstrators in Tbilisi on Novemebr 7. Saakashvili then accused Russia of masterminding the unrest and expelled three Russian diplomats from Georgia. “We have incontrovertible evidence that these people played a major role in [recent developments in Georgia]. It was planned there [Russia], financed from there and implemented through the help of their friendly oligarch [Badri Patarkatsishvili],” Saakashvili said on November 7.</p>
<p>Notice what now is the position: </p>
<p>President Saakashvili said on May 3: “One part of Georgia is today under the occupation of one of the biggest aggressors.”</p>
<p>Speaking at his ruling party’s congress in Tbilisi, Saakashvili did not name any country, but Georgian officials have been referring to extra Russian troops in breakaway Abkhazia as “aggressors.”</p>
<p>Saakashvili also said that Georgia’s major goal was “to establish peace.”</p>
<p>“Everything that we have accomplished recently, we’ve done it through peace,” he continued. “Everything that we will achieve in the future, we will do that through peace. Everything that we have done confirmed that our country belongs to every ethnic group [living in Georgia]. This peace needs to be protected and to its protection needs unity. It will be impossible to defeat Georgia if it has international support and if there is unity within the country.”</p>
<p>Saakashvili should send a thank you note to Putin for helping his party win the elections &#8212; given that it does &#8212; and of course it will &#8212; a few irregularities here and there and the victory is in the sack.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Firebrand Irakli is adopted by France by Global Voices Online &#187; Georgia: Parliamentary Election Digest</title>
		<link>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/04/26/firebrand-irakli-is-adopted-by-france/#comment-619</link>
		<author>Global Voices Online &#187; Georgia: Parliamentary Election Digest</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/04/26/firebrand-irakli-is-adopted-by-france/#comment-619</guid>
		<description>[...] the president&#39;s former defense minister and now outspoken critic, Irakli Okruashvili, has applied for and received political asylum in France. In the final post so far, the blog says that it is likely that the Georgian president&#39;s [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] the president&#39;s former defense minister and now outspoken critic, Irakli Okruashvili, has applied for and received political asylum in France. In the final post so far, the blog says that it is likely that the Georgian president&#39;s [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Firebrand Irakli is adopted by France by Armenia &#38; the South Caucasus &#124; The Caucasian Knot &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Georgia: Parliamentary Election Update</title>
		<link>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/04/26/firebrand-irakli-is-adopted-by-france/#comment-618</link>
		<author>Armenia &#38; the South Caucasus &#124; The Caucasian Knot &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Georgia: Parliamentary Election Update</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/04/26/firebrand-irakli-is-adopted-by-france/#comment-618</guid>
		<description>[...] the president&#8217;s former defense minister and now outspoken critic, Irakli Okruashvili, has applied for and received political asylum in France.  If Okruashvili wants a part in the Georgian political life, he then should be pondering his [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] the president&#8217;s former defense minister and now outspoken critic, Irakli Okruashvili, has applied for and received political asylum in France.  If Okruashvili wants a part in the Georgian political life, he then should be pondering his [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Burjanadze leaves the National Movement by Armenia &#38; the South Caucasus &#124; The Caucasian Knot &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Georgia: Parliamentary Election Update</title>
		<link>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/04/24/burjanadze-leaves-the-national-movement/#comment-617</link>
		<author>Armenia &#38; the South Caucasus &#124; The Caucasian Knot &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Georgia: Parliamentary Election Update</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.tol.org/georgia/2008/04/24/burjanadze-leaves-the-national-movement/#comment-617</guid>
		<description>[...] comments on news that the country&#8217;s parliamentary speaker, Nino Burjanadze, appears to have temporarily retired from active politics ahead of the vote.  Burjanadze has been widely considered as the moderate and constructive voice within [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] comments on news that the country&#8217;s parliamentary speaker, Nino Burjanadze, appears to have temporarily retired from active politics ahead of the vote.  Burjanadze has been widely considered as the moderate and constructive voice within [&#8230;]</p>
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