Russia Invades Georgia

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Rath said:

Oh shit. This conflict has just reached a new level.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7550804.stm

The Russians are attacking areas outside of South Ossetia, that is bad. Real bad. I don't support either side in this conflict - I believe the Georgian oppression of S.Ossetia is wrong and even more so that Russia invading Georgia is wrong.

(If this post seems strange it is because I have had two bottles of wine.)

Edit: And yeah, it seems that Russia has bombed some pipelines of oil from the Capsian. Attempt to hurt the Georgian economy?

I posted something earlier which was even worse than that - reports of a military base attacked near Tbilisi, and an attacked port in western Georgia (very far from Ossetia).

Now, regarding the pipelines... That's where it starts to get serious on a global level. That pipeline is the only one feeding Europe which doesn't pass through either Russia or Iran. Unfortunately the world is addicted to dirty oil, so that brings the conflict to a whole new level. If Russia did that, they're clearly provoking the EU and USA.