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akuma587 on 08 August 2008
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Words Of Wisdom said:
akuma587 said:
The U.S. is Allies with Georgia, but don't expect any kind of military intervention. We just can't afford that politically or even militarily at this point. Our army is stretched thin as it is. That is assuming we should even think about intervening in the first place...

Russia is at fault, but Georgia isn't blameless either. Russia has been providing the separatist region with military support, but Georgia was the first one to pull the trigger. The region has been at odds with Georgia for a long time, but they are pretty close to the capital, so Georgia's reactions are understandable.

Georgia is a small enough country that Russia knows it just can't throw its weight around without looking like a bully. That being said, there is little the rest of the world can do against Russia who is, as previously mentioned, a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. Russia has been pretty mature lately and has gotten over its cold waresque attitude for the most part, so I am hopeful that there will be some kind of swift and relatively peaceful resolution.

Fuck John Bolton by the way.

 

Actually those "separatists" are in favor of South Ossetia joining North Ossetia under Russia's control and have been ever since the USSR disolved.  Also...

Russia and Georgia agree on delimiting 80% of their common border, leaving certain small, strategic segments and the maritime boundary unresolved; OSCE observers monitor volatile areas such as the Pankisi Gorge in the Akhmeti region and the Argun Gorge in Abkhazia; UN Observer Mission in Georgia has maintained a peacekeeping force in Georgia since 1993; Meshkheti Turks scattered throughout the former Soviet Union seek to return to Georgia; boundary with Armenia remains undemarcated; ethnic Armenian groups in Javakheti region of Georgia seek greater autonomy from the Georgian government; Azerbaijan and Georgia continue to discuss the alignment of their boundary at certain crossing areas

Yeah, they are definitely very friendly with Russia and have been pretty much ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, but I am just using one of the terms most commonly used when discussing the region.

 



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