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The Protests in Tblisi...

Posted by Ken Waldron <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ken+Waldron' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 13, 2024, 2:34 pm

The Protests in Tblisi show exactly why greater transparency is needed concerning the foreign funding of NGOs and media...wonder about the large crowds? Well apparently Georgia has between 10 & 20000 mostly foreign funded NGO's and of course the US has spent many billions there " funding democracy" etc. I can understand all those squeezing the money from this state of affairs, but have they even has a look at what happened to Ukraine? As one Twitter puts it:

"The people of Georgia are threatening to overthrow their government because their government is passing a law requiring foreign nonprofits to disclose their funding sources.

Of all the color revolutions to ever color revolution, that has to be the thinnest excuse in history. "

And another:

" Actually, it’s the West who is trying to control Georgia by encouraging the protests and denying the Georgian government the ability to ascertain foreign sources of funding for their political process.

The US has the same law, it is called the Foreign Agents Registraction Act. "

I pointed this out two weeks ago but seems to be a meh issue

Posted by RaskolnikovX <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Raskolnikov' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 13, 2024, 5:15 pm, in reply to "The Protests in Tblisi..."

https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/msg/1714549606.html

at least until the coup happens. Even the fraudian laid off it until today when they suddenly cared again.

https://www.dumptheguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/georgia-police-accused-of-beating-protesters-against-foreign-influence-bill

Riot police armed with water cannon and teargas have been accused of beating protesters who picketed outside Georgia’s parliament to try to stop a final vote on a controversial “foreign influence” law.

The fresh scenes of violence on Monday morning came as hundreds of masked officers charged down demonstrators who had been attempting to block off access to the parliament in the capital, Tbilisi.

Individual protesters were hauled away by officers and footage later shared on social media appeared to show two of those detained being kicked and punched by police.

You'd never see that sort of thing in the west....

...no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.

Re: I pointed this out two weeks ago but seems to be a meh issue

Posted by t <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 13, 2024, 6:08 pm, in reply to "I pointed this out two weeks ago but seems to be a meh issue"

.. seems to be a meh issue

On the contrary, it's a serious issue and an attempt by the usual suspects to make colour revolution happen. There is not much to say about it until events develop. We, as outsiders, have seen this happen over and over again elsewhere, and we realise where this may be going (well, it did happen once before until RF reacted in 2008 in Georgian war). As it happens I've been there for about a month many moons ago, so I take perhaps more interest than others. I hope they pass the law against the foreign agents. This will be in the interest of Georgian people imo.

I was also surprised to see UK lefties promoting pro -protest tweets...

Posted by Ken Waldron <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ken+Waldron' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 13, 2024, 6:18 pm, in reply to "I pointed this out two weeks ago but seems to be a meh issue"

Like, we hadn't seen this game played before...had we?

The crowds reportedly were full of educated English speakers...many whom have no doubt been drawing salaries from the US & UK NGOs...plenty to chose from.

Accordingly the Sinclair maxim :"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it..." doubtless played a massive roll in the self delusion of the protestors.

Turkeys voting for Xmas if they but knew it.