# The Caucasian chalk circle - Non- Western perspective on the recent Caucasian War

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**Created:** [December 14, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-caucasian-chalk-circle-non-western-perspective-on-the-recent-caucasian-war/477068 "2008-12-14T00:31:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-caucasian-chalk-circle-non-western-perspective-on-the-recent-caucasian-war/477068/1 "2008-12-14T00:31:19Z")

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Not a debate as such but more suited for here than elsewhere- It’s a well informed non-western take on the recent troubles in that area of the world.

[The Caucasian chalk circle](http://www.georgiatimes.info/index.php?lang=en&area=analysisItem&id=4142&path=analysis)

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**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-caucasian-chalk-circle-non-western-perspective-on-the-recent-caucasian-war/477068/2 "2008-12-15T13:42:29Z")

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> [@astro](#):
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> Not a debate as such but more suited for here than elsewhere- It’s a well informed non-western take on the recent troubles in that area of the world.
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> [The Caucasian chalk circle](http://www.georgiatimes.info/index.php?lang=en&area=analysisItem&id=4142&path=analysis)

Interesting and pretty much as I saw it. I’m willing to bet, once the dust has settled, we’ll find that Georgia misread signals coming from the White House and McCain’s team (which had former Georgian lobbyists in key positions) as a green light.

Either that or they were so incredibly stupid as to think Russia would not react forcefully. Nobody who knows any history can mistake Russia for a ‘turn-the-other-cheek’ sort of place.

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**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-caucasian-chalk-circle-non-western-perspective-on-the-recent-caucasian-war/477068/3 "2008-12-15T14:35:43Z")

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The link seems to be invalid, but the Georgian side was much less respected around here than what appeared to be the case in the USA by reading the US media – which appeared to near propaganda levels. McCain’s stupidities in regard to the war, was the think that made me cheer his defeat in the presidential election. Fortunately more reasonable unbiased accounts are slowly beginning to emerge, also in English language media.

[The West Begins to Doubt Georgian Leader](http://beeqube.com/article/thew)  
[Georgia Claims on Russia War Called Into Question](http://beeqube.com/article/georgiacl)  
[Erosi Kitsmarishvili: “Saakashvili wanted the war and he strove for this for four years”](http://beeqube.com/article/er)  
[Georgia’s claims on war with Russia questioned](http://beeqube.com/article/georgia0)

Although, probably the anti-Russian smear job will not come off so easy and a lot of the damage has been done.