Russia Invades Georgia

[Jackson50]

Kasz216 said:

konnichiwa said:

NJ5 said:

mrstickball said:

Rumor has it that Israel has sent elite troops to help Georgia.

I hope that's not true... That's just asking for trouble right now...

 

 

I hope Russia and Iran are not good friend.

They're pretty good friends actually

Russia is one of Iran's biggest trading partners and the only thing keeping them from being better friends was Russias reliance on the west. This is going to force the west to put more pressure on Russia which in turn is going to push them closer to Iran.

Which is why Israel esclating it doesn't make sense... since Israel would want russia's ties to iran be weakened not strengthened.

Actually, Russia and Iran are not pretty good friends. There is evidence that Iran's Revolutionary Guards are training Chechen rebels in advanced terrorist techniques. The Iran-Russian relationship is mostly a relationship of convenience, and is a quite tenuous.

To be honest, this war has been brewing for some time. It was not really a matter of if Russia would become militarily belligerent, but a matter of when. Prime Minister Putin has a strong dislike for Georgia's President, and Russia knows that Georgia cannot further integrate into NATO if they have an unresolved conflict.