“Because our way is for democracy”
Michael Totten, reporting from Tblisi, Georgia, spoke to some survivors of the Russian attack on Gori. I thought this bit especially interesting:
Her husband had remained behind and arrived in Tbilisi shortly before I did. “He was trying to keep the house and the fields,” she explained. “Afterward, he wanted to leave, but he was circled by soldiers. It was impossible. He was in the orchards hiding from the Russians in case they lit the house. He was walking and met the Russian soldiers and he made up his mind that he couldn’t stay any more. The Russian soldiers called him and asked where he was going, if he was going to the American side.”
“The Russians said this to him?” I said.
“My husband said he was going to see his family,” she said. “And the Russians said again, ‘Are you going to the American side?’”
“So the Russians view you as the American side, even though there are no Americans here.”
“Yes,” she said. “Because our way is for democracy.”
Meanwhile, from Glenn Reynolds, a show of resolve and keen snark from the Georgian people.
(via Hot Air)
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Category: Alliances and Allies, No More Tyrants
