To: Old Teufel Hunden
>>Georgia launched an offensive
Ah, a little factual clarity.
Plus Ossetia is culturally, ethnically Russian.
If Kosovo, why not Ossetia? Independence or Federation with Russia. Ditto Abkhazia.
It’s those pesky pipeline routes from Azerbaijan, for one.
154 posted on
08/08/2008 12:41:35 PM PDT by
swarthyguy
(Osama Freedom Day: 2500 or so since September 11 2001! That's SIX +years, Dubya.)
To: swarthyguy
Plus Ossetia is culturally, ethnically Russian.Wrong. They are an Iranian-related people who are 70-80% Orthodox Christian, with the remainder Sunni. Their language, culture and ethnicity is not related to Russia.
159 posted on
08/08/2008 12:44:17 PM PDT by
SolidWood
(God Bless Georgia and grant them victory over Russia!)
To: swarthyguy
Yes, you know that oil line figures heavily into this gambit from Russia's standpoint.
167 posted on
08/08/2008 12:47:52 PM PDT by
Jeff Head
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To: swarthyguy
Ossetes are not Russian. They are Sarmatians or Persian not Slavs.
221 posted on
08/08/2008 2:11:07 PM PDT by
rmlew
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