For the Record

Fox News prides itself on reporting facts with no spin. Yesterday, they showed an interview with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, and here is a link to this interview in print: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,555461,00.html. In it both the interviewer, and Mr. Saakashvili several times allude to how the Russian army tried to bomb and kill him during the war last year. Thankfully, the media actually chronicled the details of those insidious attacks as they were happening. And I invite you to watch for yourself - the attack (imaginary), and the reaction of the brave president to that attack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWlQ_fzECl4&feature=related

Please notice that nobody else around hims acts alarmed until he declares there is danger and starts running away erratically. That is when his body guards desperately try to catch up with him, and finally fight him to the ground and cover him with something which looks like black card board, but must be a super effective defense against air bombs. No sound of the airplane or the bombs is discernible at all, and everybody else seems to be continuing business as usual - the traffic is heavy, and you can see groups of people standing and talking. The 2nd video link offers and additional footage of the entire episode from a different vantage point:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7DpBZa9x5Q&feature=related

This reminded me of a Russian joke which goes like this:

A famous Russian poet of the 19th century, Mikhail Lermontov wrote in one of his poems: "The battle was short/The timid Georgians ran away." Georgians became outraged with what they perceived as an insult and tarnishing of their reputation, and they asked the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union to change those poetic lines. The highest authority in the country satisfied their request and ruled that from now on the line should read: "The brave Georgians ran away."

Unlike Fox News I do not pretend that the story above is true - it is a mere joke.

Keep spinning, guys! I am watching, and I will set your record straight.