aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- Re: [aaus-list] William Burns at Senate hearing on Georgia (fwd)

[Max Pyziur <pyz@brama.com>]

fyi,

MP
pyz@brama.com


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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:41:12 +0100
From: Vadim <solar75wind@gmail.com>
To: "Chernetsky, Vitaly A. Dr." <chernev@muohio.edu>
Cc: aaus <aaus-list@ukrainianstudies.org>
Subject: Re: [aaus-list] William Burns at Senate hearing on Georgia


Dear Mr.Chernetsky,

I was less lucky than you were in being able to find alternative
sources on this story. I sent the link as is and didn't pass any
judgment.

Your VOA link confirms that Russians gave a fair coverage of this
story. William Burns was sharply critical of Georgia's actions, in
stark contrast with McCain campaign.

The article in Korrespondent also mentions a point from Independent
that questions why Georgians decided to deflect Russian invasion in
Roki tunnel by bombing the sleeping city of Tskhinvali with weapons of
mass destruction, in poorly focused, indiscriminate action.

This topic is directly relevant to the political crisis in Ukraine.
President Yuschenko is pushing very hard for a Georgia resolution in
Verkhovna Rada.

Korr did the right thing by posting this story. It is absolutely fair
and balanced.

Vadim



On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Chernetsky, Vitaly A. Dr.
<chernev@muohio.edu> wrote:
>
> Dear Mr. Gorbach, dear Colleagues,
>
> I do not think it is productive to send messages to the AAUS list with just an Internet link, without explanation, let alone a link to a RIA Novosti semi-misinformation release unfortunately reprinted by korrespondent.net; a quick Internet search disproves the claim, made in the Novosti story, that Mr. Burns's remarks were not covered in the US media, and even more so, the Novosti rendition of Mr. Burns's remarks is highly manipulative, highlighting one fragment and suppressing the rest. For a balanced English-language report on Mr. Burns's testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, see for example:
>
> http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-17-voa61.cfm
>
> Once again, like my fellow officers of the AAUS, I urge all posters to avoid sending messages to the AAUS list that do not directly pertain to the AAUS mission and scholarly focus, and also to avoid sending messages consisting of just a URL without comments as to why the sender believes it to be relevant to the Ukrainian Studies community.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Vitaly Chernetsky
> AAUS Vice President
> ________________________________________
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> Subject: [aaus-list] William Burns at Senate hearing on Georgia
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> http://korrespondent.net/world/588430
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