I can be a flake. Thus my historical post re Georgia this morning. I'm not taking it back, but the intimacy of the relationship between Georgia and Israel is weird and whacked. Here's charismatic president Mikheil Saakashvili playing Groucho Marx for Haaretz in Tbilisi:
"The Israeli weapons have proved very effective," he
said at a press conference at his office. When asked whether the
Israeli arms played a role in the military successes he claimed the
Georgian army had achieved, he joked: "Are you asking me as a
representative of Elbit or of Israel Aerospace Industries?"
To
a reporter's question about Jews who have fled the fighting and come to
Israel, he said: "We have two Israeli cabinet ministers, one deals with
war [Defense Minister David Kezerashvili], and the other with
negotiations [State Minister for Territorial Integration Temur
Yakobashvili], and that is the Israeli involvement here: Both war and
peace are in the hands of Israeli Jews."
said at a press conference at his office. When asked whether the
Israeli arms played a role in the military successes he claimed the
Georgian army had achieved, he joked: "Are you asking me as a
representative of Elbit or of Israel Aerospace Industries?"
To
a reporter's question about Jews who have fled the fighting and come to
Israel, he said: "We have two Israeli cabinet ministers, one deals with
war [Defense Minister David Kezerashvili], and the other with
negotiations [State Minister for Territorial Integration Temur
Yakobashvili], and that is the Israeli involvement here: Both war and
peace are in the hands of Israeli Jews."
Haaretz says one of the guys isn't Israeli. But then of course there's McCain neocon aide Randy Scheunemann, a Chalabiist who made a buttload in Georgia. What the heck is going on here? What's the neocon agenda? And will we ever know the half of it?
