Reply #37: Let's Take Another Look At This

[KharmaTrain]

I don't see anyone here defending what Russia has done...nor Georgia...war is utter insanity and both parties are guilty. That said, let me try to place this in a different place.

Letsay South Carolina decides to break away from the U.S. (kinda a stretch ain't it...and it's about the size of Georgia...the country, not the state)...then South Carolina launches a surprise attack on the U.S., now the U.S. sends in forces and tries to both protect its nationals inside South Carolina and to shut down the South Carolina military machine (and that of its proxies) before they can strike again. I think we called that the Civil War.

Russia has long been involved in the Caucus region. Over the centuries, the Russians tried to gain greater control of this and other regions by setting up enclaves of predominately Russian citizens. Until 1991, Osetsia was one of many Russian enclaves that served as an ethnic buffer on its borders (Lugans may recall the same thing occured in Lithuania) and when Georgia declared independence, this area didn't recognize the new government and remained loosely affiliated with Russia.

Reading a little history on the region could help give a greater understanding about what's happening rather than relying on our corporate media. Hasn't their slipshod coverage of Iraq taught you how easily they are manipulated and how journalistically lazy they are.

Some, including myself, are critical of the boooosh regime for trying to whip this into an international war...providing money, arms and airlifting troops into this war. We aren't playing innocent bystanders here and there are strong indications (Rice's visit) that this attack went on with either U.S. encouragement or complicity. The issue could have been settled diplomatically, but Georgia attacked and now is paying the price.