Deputies who left the "Georgian Dream" issue another letter of anti-Western rhetoric and criticize America again. Currently, the MPs are criticizing the "Radio Liberty" interview with the executive director of the McCain Institute, Evelyn Farkas.
According to the parliamentarians, he said what the American ambassador, Kelly Degnan, "doesn't dare to say to this day". The MPs again claim that America wants to involve Georgia in the war
Radio Liberty's interview with the executive director of the McCain Institute, Evelyn Farkas, was published in the media.
It should be noted that both the media outlet and the respondent receive official funding from American budgetary sources, and therefore, we can connect each of their messages and words to American official structures. Ms. Farkas practically publicly stated what we have been actively asserting for the past weeks and what the American ambassador, Kelly Degnan, does not dare to say openly.
Ms. Farkas openly called on the Georgian authorities to impose sanctions on Russia and partially calmed us down - "Georgia is in less danger today in terms of Russian invasion and Russian military actions than it was in the past." At the same time, when asked by the journalist if she was sure that Russia would not be able to open a new front in Georgia, she gave a completely disturbing answer - "So what, it can't win anyway."
In other words, Ms. Farkas admitted that in case of imposing sanctions, there is a risk of Russian military intervention in Georgia, and she calmed us down only by saying that Russia will not be able to win. However, what will be sold as a defeat and as a victory, we remember this very bitterly on the example of the 2008 war. The Georgian people will not forget how the Americans helped Saakashvili to declare the lost war as a victory in two days and how the Georgian people celebrated the lost war on Rustaveli Avenue.
Ms. Farkas repeated the message voiced by the radical opposition and threatened us that if we don't get involved in the war now, Russia will return to us in case of victory in Ukraine. It is interesting here that Evelyn Farkas is not sure of Ukraine's victory in the war with Russia, nor does she bother to assert that Ukraine and Georgia will win in the conditions of two fronts.
When the executive director of the McCain Institute openly calls us to provoke Russia with sanctions and to engage in a military conflict with Russia, we think the public can draw very simple conclusions from this. What the official representative of the Government, Kelly Degnan, can't say openly, was told to us through the head of the McCain Institute.
Now the Georgian people must draw conclusions - either they must follow the embassy's wishes and turn Georgia into a second front, or they must evaluate how legitimate and acceptable their intention is - namely to drag Georgia into a military conflict with Russia without any guarantees, which will lead to devastating consequences for Georgia.
Speaking of the second front, we should also remember that in case of intervention of the Georgian army in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali, we will have to fight not only with the occupying forces, but also with the Abkhazians and Ossetians. When the territorial integrity of Georgia is restored, we should live as brothers together with the Abkhazians and Ossetians in this country, as it befits the Caucasian order and dignity. When they try to start a new fratricidal war with Abkhazians and Ossetians after 30 years, this fact requires a separate evaluation by the society.
It should be noted that the open calls of the high-ranking officials of the Ukrainian Government regarding the involvement of Georgia in the military conflict have not stopped. Even yesterday, on one of the TV channels belonging to the National Movement, a deputy of the Ukrainian Rada announced that it was time for the Georgian people to force the Georgian Government to take concrete steps for the de-occupation of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali. The society probably understands very well how strong the influence of the Americans is on the Government of Ukraine. Therefore, it should not be surprising why the messages of the head of the McCain Institute and Ukrainian politicians are exactly similar.
If earlier the leaders of the Georgian Government were called for war in closed offices, Ms. Farkas and Ukrainian high officials are now making such calls in public. When they publicly push Georgia to war, we think the Government will have to give a public response to these calls," reads the statement.