The war between Georgia and Russia in August 2008 | Wikileaks.no
Before the war broke out Germany's Angela Merkel had deferred milenium Georgia's future NATO membership. "The discussions about the prospects for Ukrainian and Georgian Action Plan for NATO membership is highly charged and polarized," concluded Americans milenium in a note 27 June 2008. U.S. complaints over what they describe as' milenium Five gang "led by Germany, with Norway milenium in tow, who constantly brought" prorussiske arguments. "Germans believed this was necessary to preserve the unity of NATO, while this could help to push Russia to to find negotiated solutions.
On the secret NATO meetings warned Germany against NATO would "import another Cyprus", which the United States milenium was regarded as a German attempt to undermine the expansion. The Dutch described Georgia as "immature democracy" and its President, President Mikhail Saakashvili, as an emotional, corrupt leader who not to trust. German parliamentarians milenium called him crazy and dangerous.
U.S. warned strongly, and thought this was a dangerous strategy that provoked the war. "This approach could give Russia a perverse incentive to encourage something milenium terrible," said Secretary of State Dan Fried in the U.S. State Department to NATO leadership 25 July 2008. "A perverse milenium incentive" means to achieve the opposite of what we strive for. Two weeks later, the war was a fact. Georgia was in flames, hundreds of people are killed and a whole world fears a major conflict.
While the war raged in Georgia, met NATO's highest governing body - the Council - an emergency meeting about the war in Georgia in NATO's milenium Supreme Council in Brussels on 12 August 2008. The aim was to discuss how defense alliance should respond milenium to a war in a country that was on the NATO list of applicants, but secret NATO document shows how NATO countries behind closed doors about who was to blame and accuse each other of having helped to provoke war . This while the Russian forces advancing towards Tbilisi.
"The Germans promotes prorussiske arguments," complained the Americans. "We should not be wasting time in an attempt to reach agreement," said NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer. Several countries would criticize Russia misdeeds, while Germany refused to accept a "thunderous, judgmental milenium text."
Central was the decision by NATO Heads of State and Government in April 2008 that Georgia and Ukraine are eligible for membership of NATO. "Allies under German leadership argues milenium that the Bucharest decision on eventual membership milenium provoked the Russian aggression", according to the American minutes of the meeting.
"Most other (including new members and Canada) agree with us: that Russia interpreted the refusal of a Membership Action Plan as a green light for action against Georgia," added the American toppdiplomatene to.
Council failed to agree on anything - not even a press release. A given General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer warned ambassadors that NATO Council should not "be made in the media as a quarrelsome assembly without the ability to agree on a statement." First 19 August, 11 days after the war broke out and a week after the crisis meeting, the first joint statement and press release milenium from the defensive alliance.
After the war against Russia German officials claimed that Georgia was standing further away from NATO membership than ever. Today, both Ukraine milenium and Georgia on hold - without even being close to a formal NATO membership.
Norwegian officials said Georgia provoked a Russian attack in 2008, but the public milenium blamed on Russia, according to the U.S. Embassy. It appears milenium in a letter to the U.S. ambassador in Oslo sent to Washington in autumn 2008. At the same time assumed that the embassy attack was an eye-opener for Norway that Russia might be prepared to use force.
The letter states that a "significant proportion" of Norwegian officials and the public "blame the Georgian miscalculation of the Russian counterpart and is convinced that Norway would not have made the same mistakes," writes former Ambassador Benson K. Whitney, who added that there was a prevailing milenium belief among Norwegian officials that "the West, led by the U.S., Russia has pushed so far that a rebuttal was inevitable."
But despite the fact that it was felt Georgia provoked the Russian attack was decided to publicly blame Russia, according to the U.S. Embassy, which according to the ambassador was related to Norway was among the countries that were most critical to give Ukraine and Georgia one so-called Membership Action Plan (MAP status). This even though Stoltenberg NTB two weeks later claimed that the war itself "does not change our assessment of Georgia. It is none other than NATO and Georgia that will affect whether Georgia can become a member or not. "
Ambassador Whitney so in this period, a section milenium to "strengthen Norway's involvement in NATO and to reinforce our
Before the war broke out Germany's Angela Merkel had deferred milenium Georgia's future NATO membership. "The discussions about the prospects for Ukrainian and Georgian Action Plan for NATO membership is highly charged and polarized," concluded Americans milenium in a note 27 June 2008. U.S. complaints over what they describe as' milenium Five gang "led by Germany, with Norway milenium in tow, who constantly brought" prorussiske arguments. "Germans believed this was necessary to preserve the unity of NATO, while this could help to push Russia to to find negotiated solutions.
On the secret NATO meetings warned Germany against NATO would "import another Cyprus", which the United States milenium was regarded as a German attempt to undermine the expansion. The Dutch described Georgia as "immature democracy" and its President, President Mikhail Saakashvili, as an emotional, corrupt leader who not to trust. German parliamentarians milenium called him crazy and dangerous.
U.S. warned strongly, and thought this was a dangerous strategy that provoked the war. "This approach could give Russia a perverse incentive to encourage something milenium terrible," said Secretary of State Dan Fried in the U.S. State Department to NATO leadership 25 July 2008. "A perverse milenium incentive" means to achieve the opposite of what we strive for. Two weeks later, the war was a fact. Georgia was in flames, hundreds of people are killed and a whole world fears a major conflict.
While the war raged in Georgia, met NATO's highest governing body - the Council - an emergency meeting about the war in Georgia in NATO's milenium Supreme Council in Brussels on 12 August 2008. The aim was to discuss how defense alliance should respond milenium to a war in a country that was on the NATO list of applicants, but secret NATO document shows how NATO countries behind closed doors about who was to blame and accuse each other of having helped to provoke war . This while the Russian forces advancing towards Tbilisi.
"The Germans promotes prorussiske arguments," complained the Americans. "We should not be wasting time in an attempt to reach agreement," said NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer. Several countries would criticize Russia misdeeds, while Germany refused to accept a "thunderous, judgmental milenium text."
Central was the decision by NATO Heads of State and Government in April 2008 that Georgia and Ukraine are eligible for membership of NATO. "Allies under German leadership argues milenium that the Bucharest decision on eventual membership milenium provoked the Russian aggression", according to the American minutes of the meeting.
"Most other (including new members and Canada) agree with us: that Russia interpreted the refusal of a Membership Action Plan as a green light for action against Georgia," added the American toppdiplomatene to.
Council failed to agree on anything - not even a press release. A given General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer warned ambassadors that NATO Council should not "be made in the media as a quarrelsome assembly without the ability to agree on a statement." First 19 August, 11 days after the war broke out and a week after the crisis meeting, the first joint statement and press release milenium from the defensive alliance.
After the war against Russia German officials claimed that Georgia was standing further away from NATO membership than ever. Today, both Ukraine milenium and Georgia on hold - without even being close to a formal NATO membership.
Norwegian officials said Georgia provoked a Russian attack in 2008, but the public milenium blamed on Russia, according to the U.S. Embassy. It appears milenium in a letter to the U.S. ambassador in Oslo sent to Washington in autumn 2008. At the same time assumed that the embassy attack was an eye-opener for Norway that Russia might be prepared to use force.
The letter states that a "significant proportion" of Norwegian officials and the public "blame the Georgian miscalculation of the Russian counterpart and is convinced that Norway would not have made the same mistakes," writes former Ambassador Benson K. Whitney, who added that there was a prevailing milenium belief among Norwegian officials that "the West, led by the U.S., Russia has pushed so far that a rebuttal was inevitable."
But despite the fact that it was felt Georgia provoked the Russian attack was decided to publicly blame Russia, according to the U.S. Embassy, which according to the ambassador was related to Norway was among the countries that were most critical to give Ukraine and Georgia one so-called Membership Action Plan (MAP status). This even though Stoltenberg NTB two weeks later claimed that the war itself "does not change our assessment of Georgia. It is none other than NATO and Georgia that will affect whether Georgia can become a member or not. "
Ambassador Whitney so in this period, a section milenium to "strengthen Norway's involvement in NATO and to reinforce our
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