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GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST - Will Georgia's opposition succeed in pushing for early elections?

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fred November 7, 2007, 17:02: just watching the news about tbilissi ...!

an other fine day for democracy in the world ...!

funny how some can see different thing in the system called democracy ...

wonder if Mr Bush is going to say anything on the topicc ? caspian oil is taking a high price on democratic process ... :-))
excess November 7, 2007, 13:42: Correct me if I wrong, but opposition is demanding of not early election, they are expecting to cancel Saakashvily direction to move election from Spring 2008 to Fall 2008.
fred November 7, 2007, 13:01: oleg ...

anyway i was the one to state that ...

i used the term 55th , because if , in the eyes of US administration , UK would be something worth anything then may be the term 51th could apply , but i don't think the(US) take it that way ...!!

you are wrong , georgia (apart from being a place on earth filled with some humans) is important to US policy of getting oil from caspian sea without going thru Russia ...

let's imagine the power change in tbilissi and (let's be wild for a while) imagine the new georgian president is not a bush's puppet , then the enormous amount of cash spent by the US to get caspian oil is wasted ....!

so you see Georgia may be worth something :-))
Sevodnya_Net November 7, 2007, 11:57: People went home to watch what the president had to say on the telly. A very disappointing outcome for those hoping for some blood and guts. To make matters worse the president "struck a conciliatory tone" - whatever next. This won't do, surely. Democracy will be getting a name for being dull soon :-)

Norman why do you say the options are elections or civil war? The protestors strike me as ordinary people - I havent seen any weapons
MihalMihalich November 7, 2007, 09:18: Dear Ladies & Gentlemen

IMHO By and large it had to come to this. I don't think Georgia's president will make agree for early election. I would expect him to will delay his decision, wait it out until it’s going to get cold outside, and people would just go home.

Best Regards
oleg November 7, 2007, 07:08: Georga is nothing. So, who cares?
oleg November 7, 2007, 04:03: Sam,do your home work please..The U.S. flag has 50 stars not 54.
Norman November 7, 2007, 01:47: It's either elections or riots and civil war. With those options, I'd choose early elections. This path of action saved the Ukraine.
fred November 6, 2007, 19:17: sevodnya ...

you took a shortcut ... sakashvilli is on the verge of being thrown out by the same process he got rid of chevardnaze (huge demonstrations , funily enough exactly like the tandem timoshenko/youshenko)

it's probably exactly for the same reasons (there you right !) peoples exepected lies to get real ! ( both = get rid of corruption , being democratic and joining E.U. ... which i can more or less think it's plosible for ukrain but not the least for georgia ...!)

as i wrote before , being democratic doesn't happen overnight ( regardless of what the bush administration thought and think ) it's a long process , very often painfull and uncertain ...

just hope georgians , ukrainians and every ones understand it and then not let political scum promise the moon on a silver plate ...!!
Mark November 6, 2007, 17:35: Maybe...maybe not. But this is just another example that exposes the myth of the democratic nature of the "colored" revolutions in the Georgia, Ukraine et.al. In the west democratic is code-word for compliant client-states. To believe anything more is either ignorance or self-delusion.
Sevodnya_Net November 6, 2007, 13:05: Fred,,
Saakashvili came to power in an election, what's more a fairer one than the one that elected GW Bush in 2000, IMHO. I agree with you absolutely that the USA picks and chooses its friends and demons and is not consistent - Karimov in Uzbekistan for example is another monster whom the US - and Britain - has been strangely quiet about (our ambassador to Tashkent got into trouble for being less than diplomatic about him).
But do give the Georgian people some credit for having a little independent mindedness. Saakashvili is facing the same problem Yushchenko faced in Ukraine: people expected instant karma as a result of democracy. Doesn't work like that I'm afraid but that is no reason to rubbish the system.
fred November 6, 2007, 09:49: no , they wont succeed....

sakachvilli being a good buddy to G.W.Bush , USA are probably going to send in a few trunks of cash , buying the way to rest if not buying the peoples (for a while)

it's quite funny to see some peoples freely electing theirs leaders (as palestinians and russians) not being acknoledged as something democratic by the master and lord USA...

while some others can basically do what they want like sakachvilli (came to power thru protestations) and musharraf ( just abolished the supreme-court and the constitution of pakistan) ...

but , i forgot , they are buddies to Georges , so it's ok ....!! :-))
ika November 5, 2007, 23:04: The opposition won't succeed for 1 simple reason. They are much worse then Saakashvili. That's it.
kike November 5, 2007, 22:59: Please do not continue which this sadness. STOP¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
Al November 4, 2007, 08:06: I think it may get ugly, apparently the people are getting angry and frustrated. I agree with John also. Even if they do get rid of Shakashvilli their lot most likely will not change.