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The media may have moved on to more entertaining swashbuckling with tales of pirates, but the very real tensions in strategic Georgia continue.
For seven days and counting, thousands of demonstrators have blocked the streets of Georgia's capital demanding President Mikhail Saakashvili resign.
Georgia will not succumb to Russian efforts to foment unrest, President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Tuesday as protesters took to the streets for a sixth day to demand his resignation.
While Saakashvili still has a broad base of support, his opponents are capitalizing on widespread discontent over his handling of the war, which humiliated Georgia and cost it swaths of territory as separatists and their Russian allies took full control over two breakaway regions.
The war strained relations between Russia and the West, which sided with Georgia. Like Saakashvili, the opposition leaders want closer ties with the United States and Europe. But they also consider it necessary to repair relations with Moscow, which they say will be difficult because of the antagonism between Saakashvili and Russia's leaders.
Paul Jay recently traveled inside Georgia in order to investigate the roots of the conflict.
The media may have moved on to more entertaining swashbuckling with tales of pirates, but the very real tensions in strategic Georgia continue.
For seven days and counting, thousands of demonstrators have blocked the streets of Georgia's capital demanding President Mikhail Saakashvili resign.
Georgia will not succumb to Russian efforts to foment unrest, President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Tuesday as protesters took to the streets for a sixth day to demand his resignation.
While Saakashvili still has a broad base of support, his opponents are capitalizing on widespread discontent over his handling of the war, which humiliated Georgia and cost it swaths of territory as separatists and their Russian allies took full control over two breakaway regions.
The war strained relations between Russia and the West, which sided with Georgia. Like Saakashvili, the opposition leaders want closer ties with the United States and Europe. But they also consider it necessary to repair relations with Moscow, which they say will be difficult because of the antagonism between Saakashvili and Russia's leaders.
Paul Jay recently traveled inside Georgia in order to investigate the roots of the conflict.
This guy probably just needs to resign. Bush had him convinced his troops would be welcomed as liberators and the Russians would never respond. He has said he had fully expected American troops would come to his aid when both of those things proved to be false. His constituents are right to be upset with him. He screwed up royally.
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