| vlad321 said: @Kasz I'm Not arguing that the Russians didn't do anything. I'm just arguing against the opposition of Russia's move. I really can't think of many that have been peaceful and haven't messed up in their foreign policies. It just so happens that Russia's and US's screw ups are a lot more recent and since people don't like history as much as others forget about previous events. As for the atomic bomb. In war, I expect military personnel to die, as bad as that sounds. I expect someone in a navy ship to be gone. On the other hand I don't expect that kids in school will get obliterated by a nuclear bomb. I don't expect people going to the market to get torn apart. |
True however it seems rather hard to argue that the bomb hitting japan was the less favorable of the two options after the "Japanese miracle".
Also back then it was actually perfectly acceptable and expected for cities populations to be bombed. Causing fear to demoralzie your opponents was a common strategy. For example the germans rarely targeted the military in their air campaigns vs England.
In the modern era this seems horrible, back then it would be fine.
And once again. Russia's move is the most egrigious of current events included the acts that the US commited recently in Iraq because it was Russia that caused the problem in the first place.
This georgian situation is much worse then things like Iraq or Kosovo due to the fact that the conflict only exists because of the intentional racial strife caused by Russia. Which wasn't a recent event. It was an event that happened far in the past.
It's even worse when you consider the fact that Georgia is a democracy... a government run by the people.
