That's because you are supporting the Russians. You were even trying to legitimize Russian bank robbers by claiming that these people with Russian citizenship are somehow different just because they live in South Ossetia. The fact is that these thieves and looters are being enabled and protected by Russian troops actively assisting them.
I support nobody in this conflict.
You do realize that Free Republic allows people to see your past posts so that you can't get away with statements like this, don't you?
I am a retired intel analyst (retired from UK forces)
Somehow I doubt that. British people aren't generally known as Russian sycophants.
I can see that everything you say is purely from a Georgian perpective. The conflict isn’t black and white.
You keep saying that as if repeating it enough can make it true. The facts say that this immediate conflict IS black and white. One of these countries has invaded and is occupying the territory of the other without any legitimate justification. One of these countries has trained terrorists specifically to attack the people and assets of the other country (if you were really an Intel officer like you claim, you would almost certainly be aware of the history here). Perhaps the reason that you can't tell which side is right and which side is wrong is that you lack any moral sense.
Check back my posting history. My view is impartial.
You were supporting bank robbers. That isn't impartial; that is just amoral. It isn't surprising that you can't see this in terms of black and white; you don't seem to have a basic sense of human morality.
Check out the Kosovo threads.
This isn't Kosovo. In that conflict, I asserted that the Serbians were in the right (which they were in that situation, despite any previous misdeeds they might have committed). Vile actions on the part of the Clinton administration does not legitimize Russian atrocities.
The rest of your comments are irrelevant. This invasion isn't an exercise in international political craft, it is nothing more than a criminal exercise by thugs who seem to have enough firepower to get away with their misdeeds. But despite the words of those of you completely lacking a moral compass, just because they can get away with it doesn't make it legitimate.
Totally incorrect. Apologies for my mix up with CIA/DIA. The headlines says Russian soldiers. Pointing out factual error is not legitimizing or condoning their actions. It would be like Iraq troops filmed in U.S. combat gear and committing a transgretion. Some people would immediately think that they were U.S. troops and comment incorrectly. The headline is completely incorrect, but to some people it doesn’t matter. South Ossetian irregulars don’t come under a Russian Army disciplinary code.
Again totally incorrect on the military situation on the ground. Most people never took a step back, but like you could only see it from one perspective. I don’t condone any action of Russian troops or Abkhazian/South Ossetian paramilitaries or irregulars. I also don’t condone the actions of Georgian irregulars for their part in the conflict as you appear to be doing. Georgian irregulars have blood on their hands in this conflict too which you are seeming to appease just because you believe that their actions have some justification.
An extremely good job that those guiding President Bush didn’t think like some posters on Freepers.