Wednesday, October 1, 2008

U.S. Congressman called on to represent Russia to stop the aggressor: the Georgians entered the YUO

Unilateral information on the situation around South Ossetia, which receive the Americans, leads to the fact that the U.S. engaged in constant attacks on Russia, but "the American people and U.S. members of Congress do not receive fair and balanced picture," said subcommittee chairman on foreign organizations Congress U.S. House of Representatives Congressman-Democrat Bill Delahant.

Speaking Tuesday at a hearing in Congress on the situation in Georgia, Delahant reported that lawmakers provided information about what's happening around South Ossetia "a lot of black and white description" and that Georgia and its President Mikhail Saakashvili served only in a positive light.

"We hear here today and read in newspapers that democracy is flourishing in Georgia, but in our own report on human rights in Georgia have (information) that the record power Saakashvili is not very positive - there occurred suppression of the opposition, were the closure of media, and let us not think that we were here only because it is a small country, which has a democratic impulse, "- cites words Congressman.

Recalling that in the U.S. all the time called Russia an aggressor, Delahant said that this was composed of Georgians in South Ossetia, and expressed surprise that the act applied to the Georgian side is "looking as a desire simply wished away line that they made a mistake that it was a tactical error by brute Georgia. " "At the same time, reports from South Ossetia, you read that people have been killed and corpses that are not clear, because the fear was that if civilians come into the street, Georgian soldiers kill them," - said the head subcommittee.

In his view, Washington should reply to the question of who is in this situation, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili. "Saakashvili is the killer? Was he a murderer during the elections, when it closed television stations and a police officer when sending special forces? Who is Saakashvili? We know that he has very good links in Washington, we know that Georgia is very effective lobbyists , Mr. Shunemann "- said Delahant, bearing in mind Randy Shunemanna - a senior foreign policy adviser to Republican presidential candidate U.S. Senator John McCain, who until the spring of this year was the official lobbyists interests of the Georgian government in the United States.

According to Delahanta, the administration of George W. Bush warned Georgia that it shall not enter into military conflict in South Ossetia, but the Georgian leadership to Washington's call not heeded. "And for that we are going to reward their cheque for $ 1 billion? - Asked Congressman-Democrat. - I do not want to issue a cheque for one billion dollars meant to whom, it seems to me, there are serious questions about his judgement. Are we be allies of who, no doubt, this administration has ignored that it is supported? "

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