Ukraine War Day #828: Gruzia The Designated Second Front? – Part III

Dear Readers:

Today continuing (and concluding) this story about the ongoing disorders in the small nation of Gruzia (=Georgia). Gruzia is neighbor of Russia and used to be a province of the Russian Empire, and then the Soviet Empire. Its 30-year attempt at independence has not been very successful, especially after it veered into NATO’s orbit. Well, let’s face facts: The moment the USSR collapsed, every single one of these countries on the periphery were snapped up by NATO within, say, 5 nanoseconds.

The current political crisis involves a split between the Parliamentary government, headed by Prime Minister Irakly Kobakhidze, versus the President, Salome Zurabichvili. The ruling Party, “Georgian Dream” decided to do something about the NATO-sponsored NGO’s (Non-Government Organizations) which infest Gruzia and apply determined political pressure. NATO’s demands to join in on the sanctions against Russia were the final straw, since this would cripple Gruzia’s economy. In order to resist this unbearable pressure from the Hegemon, Kobakhidze’s party passed the “Transparency Law” requiring any NGO that receives more than 20% of its funding from abroad, to register itself as a foreign agent, and to disclose the source of its funding. The “Dreamers” calculated that passing such a moderate and common-sense law would help the public see exactly who is who, and thereby stop supporting the pro-Saakashvili Opposition. That the plan is a good and solid one, can be deduced from the ferocity with which it was attacked.

Dmitry Lortkipanidze

The NGO’s retaliated by launching massive Maidan-type street demonstrations that aim to overthrow Kobakhidze’s government. President Zurabichvili supports the demonstrators, just as she supports NATO. She vetoed the NGO law, but the Parliamentarians had enough votes to override her veto. The mass street demonstrations persist. The goal of the pro-NATO NGO-funded demonstrators is to carry out a Ukrainian Maidan-type coup to overthrow Kobakhidze’s government. After which they plan to launch the Gruzian army against neighboring Russia, in order to open up a second front in the ongoing war. This would force Russia to move some of its reserves from the Ukrainian front to the Caucacus front.

With that backstory under our cassocks, we return to this piece by reporters Ivan Grachov and Grigory Kubatian. They interviewed Dmitry Lortkipanidze, who gave an amazing analysis along the lines, “Seven signs that you might have been infected by Color Revolution.”

“If the street wins, that means War!”

Next we turn to a man named Zurab Makharadze, one of the founders of the Conservative Party of Gruzia. This nice young man warns of what is to come: The pro-Western activists are looking ahead to the elections in the fall. They will start winding up their usual b.s. about “Gruzia is steering a course away from Democracy.” Democracy being defined, in their brains, as unquestioning obedience to the American Hegemon. And then they will start up their Maidan in all seriousness.

Zurab Makharadze

If the street wins, then the next step, inevitably, is war. Makharadze: “We already saw how Saakashvili came to power as the result of the Rose Revolution. And what followed immediately was the war in South Ossetia. We also saw the results of the Ukrainian Maidan. It is not necessary to guess from the tea leaves, we know exactly what will happen. If this mob of foreign agents wins, then everything will dissolve into war. Even the Opposition understands this. Everybody understands that Maidan equals war.”

Makharadze goes on to praise Prime Minister Kobakhidze. “I am really surprised by him. In a positive way. It’s not easy to buck the united forces of the West. Even for a big country like Russia, let alone a tiny one like ours. But Kobakhidze and his ministers are really fighting back, in a very manly and courageous way!” Goes on to give some bullet points showing just how brave and admirable these guys are:

• Kobakhidze cancelled his planned visit to the U.S. after the Americans laid out their conditions to him: You will be welcome and receive some nice things from us, but only if you repeal the Transparency Law.
• Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, the actual founder of the “Georgian Dream” Party refused to meet with American Deputy Secretary of State James O’Brien when the latter arrived in Gruzia for a visit. Ivanishvili declared that he will not meet with people who are trying to threaten and blackmail him.
• Gruzian Parliament refused to invite/greet arriving guest Parliamentarians from Poland, Czechia and the Baltics, as the latter had entered the country specifically to support the street protests. Gruzian Vice-Premier Teya Tsulukiani pointed out perceptively: “These people sneaked in here to direct the revolution from behind the curtains. However, when the revolution failed, they were made to step out onto the stage themselves, like Directors being forced to mingle with the Actors.”

Along those lines, Makharadze points out how the Baltics scream the loudest about Gruzia: “They believe that, unless Gruzia bends the knee to the Hegemon, then they themselves will be forced to open the Second Front against Russia. They would rather find some other volunteer, who will hurl himself into the flames, so that they don’t have to. For them Gruzia is just wood for the fire, the sacrificial victim. I regard these people as open enemies.”

What Will Happen Next?

In spite of Salome’s veto, the law goes into effect. Hence, in the course of the next 60 days, all NGOs operating in Gruzia must submit their financial books to the Ministry of Justice. The law is retroactive, so they must submit last year’s ledgers as well. If it turns out that these organizations spent any foreign money on political activities within Gruzia (which is against the law), then they will be fined, and they will also be forbidden to engage in any pre-election politics.

The next set of elections comes this fall.

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