| MrBubbles said: the georgians were getting attacked by ossetian seperatists and had enough of it. seperatists that were funded, armed and trained by russia. russia, their allies and their campaign of ethnic cleansing are the real problem. |
I did not say Russia was correct in its actions, what I did say was both sides were to blame for what occurred. Ossetia is more or less a separate region, it is predominantly Russian and not economically important to either side. Fighting over it was, on both sides, primarily to make a point. Georgia attacked primarily for symbolic reasons and to draw Russia into a conflict.
I think they expected more international help and to use it as a jumping off point to rebuff Russian influence in the region. I do agree Russian influence is dangerous, but the way to do it is not to support badly conceived conflicts engineered in large part by the Georgians.
Either way the answer is ABSOLUTELY not the Sarah Palin response, that we should go to war with Russia over this. That is just what we need, an armed conflict with a nuclear power over a symbolic objective, that couldn't end badly.
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