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mrstickball said: Chechnya wanted independence like the other former Soviet states. They did not sign the Federation Treaty, and Russia did not honor that. Instead, the Russians invaded Grozny and killed tens of thousands of civilians in the 1st Chechen War. You can say whatever you like, but Russia put troops in a state that wanted to become a soverign entity. Up to 100,000 civilians died in the 1st conflict - almost as many as the Iraq war. South Ossetia? Russia rolls in tanks within a few hours of Georgia attacking the rebels. They then proceed to destroy as much of the Georgian military as fast as possible. Why was Russia so ready and willing to attack a former state? Why were they mobilized and ready to send their mechanized troops at the drop of a hat? Furthermore, when the Georgians pulled out of South Ossetia, the Russians came in and have more or less annexed the area, by giving their civilians dual-citizenship with Russia. In the Ukraine, you have the poisoning of anti-Russian presidential candidate (when he was candidate), Viktor Yushchenko. Many point to external influences on that, because he wasn't the Russian-backed favorite. |
That's what I was expecting :D Some typical nonsence of barely informed person, or rather informed in one specific way. You just made me read the headlines of anything Russia related in MSM for the last decade. The official Machine of Truth is unstoppable!
- And god forbid you to read Soviet newspapers before lunch!
- But we don't have any others?
- Well, don't read any.
Heart of a Dog, M.Bulgakov :D
It's late here, so I'm not really in the mood answering so much BS, I'll get back to it later if you don't mind.
But all this text you wrote here just reminds me of one thing I've been wondering. So even if all these^ could be explained by we minding our own business around our borders, which would any sane, responsible and independent country would do, it begs the question what the fuck are you doing in the region of South China Sea? There're naval and military bases all over the place: Japan, South Korea, Phillipines, Singapore, Thailand, Guam, Australia, there're US drills in the region with other fleets of the region (excluding Chinese obviously), and growing activity of US carriers and submarines sneaking around.
Have American borders spread over the Pacific? No. Would anyone be questioning you if the US would have drills, say, with Mexico or have military bases there? No. Would someone be worried if you'd have global military infrastructure and unreasonable military presence all over the world? Well, I could thnik of few that might say yes. Should Chinese consider this as unfriendly position? Yes, why wouldn't they? It's nothing like US authorities even trying to pose themselves as a neutral side in Japan-China conflict. Of course, Chinese won't buy this BS as if all these is for "region stability and safety", because, I'm quoting Paul Craig Roberts here "they do not read Washnigton Post and all that BS, they see what they see", they see unfriendly move - they act accordingly.
And now you're questoning me, what we're doing around _our_ borders. Where's Kent and where's Tashkent? Irony :D
