So on Thursday I go off the news grid for 48 hours and on my return discover that Russia and Georgia have got into a shooting war, seems that Georgia sent it's army into a former province to regain control on Thursday and that the Russians responded in force. What were they thinking, that everyone's eyes would be focused on events in the far east?
Meanwhile I had decamped to West Dorset, had a grand meal with friends on Thursday night drank some wine and rounded the evening off with a bottle of Dows vintage port (1983) – awesome. Friday was spent watching a county cricket match in Taunton under a mainly blue sky meeting up with more friends.
As a result it was Saturday afternoon before I returned to discover that Russian planes were bombing the bejazus out of the Georgian forces. It appears to have come to a halt today but in this miss match of forces there was only ever going to be one winner – we are all lucky that Georgia did not get it's way and obtain membership of NATO.
This unexpected conflict also had the undesirable side effect of increasing the price of crude oil, rising again after the recent falls.
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2 comments:
Glad you had a good time with your friends. :)
I, too, had WTF? cross my mind. It is all very scary.
rt, Scary indeed - seems to be settling down now though.
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