im_sneaky said:
That's over the top. Russia is completely pathetic when it comes to human rights but... it never has been. I mean from the Tsars to the commies, Russia has long been a powerful country built on people with weak rights.... By the way, the reason Russia pushed further into Georgia is to prevent Georgian incursions.. the same reason goaleys usually aren't right in front of the net but a little forward. The stories of Russians promoting rebels may/may not be true, don't take it for granted. The georgian army was shelling towns..killing civilians.... And the Russians, whatever their motives, and im sure they were self-interest, put a stop to the chaos fast. |
Still, you turn on any news channel, and you don't hear criticism of the Russians for conducting medieval type torture on captives or of the chinese winning the gold medal in women's gymnastics with under age atheletes, but the US gives someone a bit too much water or humiliates prisoners just a bit by posing a female soldier with some prisoners in some dominatrix like poses, and all you hear from several other nations is the US is so evil.
