Re: Georgia, Russia - demonstrating democracy ....

"Bullock" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> Pretty simple minded bitch aren't you ?

(K): Obviously wasn't simple enough for you, ball-less bull.  You didn't
seem to offer much in the way of counter-argument.
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> "Karen Gordon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> (K): THIS is how a country removes a leader they do not want.  If the
>> U.S. had truly wanted a better leader for the Iraqi people, they would
>> have been able to convince the Iraqis that there was a better way and
>> that Iraqis could make that choice - with the backing of the coountries
>> of the United Nations.  The U.S. invaded a country that they had weakened
>> through years of sanctions and embargos.
>>
>> The Russian people have shown the world that they, the people under a
>> government they wanted gone, were the ONLY ones to depose that government.
>> No interference from a country that is known for its imperialism under the
>> pretext of 'world policeman'.
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>>
>> Georgia's Shevardnadze resigns
>>
>> Georgians mount an armourned vehicle near the residence of Georgian
>> President Eduard Shevardnadze in Tbilisi to celebrate his resignation
> Sunday.
>>
>> Mark MacKinnon and Associated Press - Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003
>>
>>
>> Tbilisi, Georgia
>>
>> Fireworks exploded over the Georgian parliament this evening after it was
>> announced that President Eduard Shevardnadze had signed his resignation
>> papers, ending a three-week standoff over allegedly rigged elections.
>>
>>
>> The 75-year-old, best known in the West as the man who helped Mikhail
>> Gorbachev end the Cold War, formally stepped down a day after opposition
>> protestors seized the parliament and declared what they called a "velvet
>> revolution."
>>
>> "To a free Georgia! Shevardnadze is no more!" shouted a group of young men
>> pouring champagne on Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi's main drag.
>>
>> "In the West you think he's a hero well look at your hero now," said Ramaz
>> Chilakhadze, a protestor draped in the red-and-white flag of the
>> opposition national movement.
>>
>> "He was just an old thief. People want money and jobs."
>>
>> A crowd of protesters massed in front of parliament erupted into cheers
>> and waved flags after opposition leader Mikhail Saakashvili went on
>> national television and announced the president's resignation.
>>
>> "I consider that it is necessary to do this," said Mr. Shevardnadze, who
>> has led the ex-Soviet republic for a decade, after signing the resignation
>> at his residence on the outskirts of Tbilisi, the Interfax news agency
>> reported.
>>
>> The announcement came after two days of turmoil in Tbilisi, triggered by
>> Nov. 2 parliament elections that the opposition and the United States say
>> were rigged. Opposition protesters took over parliament on Saturday,
>> driving Shevardnadze out of the chamber, and declared an interim
> government.
>>
>>
>> The opposition had seized parliament a day earlier, forcing Mr.
>> Shevardnadze to flee the building as he attempted to open the first
>> session of the new parliament elected in the widely denounced Nov. 2
> voting.
>>
>> "The president has accomplished a courageous act," Mr. Saakashvili said in
>> remarks shown on Georgian television. "By his resignation, he avoided
>> spilling blood in the country ..... History will judge him kindly."
>>
>> Mr. Saakashvili had promised to guarantee the safety of the Georgian
>> leader and his family if Mr. Shevardnadze resigned.
>>
>> Zurab Zhania, another key opposition figure, said Mr. Shevardnadze would
>> not leave the country, but further details on his circumstances were not
>> immediately available.
>>
>> Mr. Zhvania said parliamentary elections would be held within 45 days.
>>
>> Mr. Shevardnadze's control of this ex-Soviet republic had been slipping
>> Sunday as leaders of protesters already occupying parliament urged tens of
>> thousands of supporters to seize more organs of state power, and some
>> military units defected to the jubilant protesters thronging the capital's
>> streets.

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