I will be out all day today (and maybe tomorrow), so will not be able to continue the discuss for now. However, I would like to say some words:
1. Again, I repeat, again I repeat—I do not think Russia is innocent. I do not think killing civilian Georgians is ok. I do not think that Putin has good intentions in general. I do not hate the people of Georgia.
2. What I am saying is that (a) Saakashvili is a liar and a bad leader, who wants to take South Ossetia and Abkhazia; he knows that would kill thousands upon thousands. South Ossetians should do as they please. (b) All of you should be more realistic and stop painting Saakashvili as an angel, because he isn’t. You blame me for being biased even though I am much more balanced, because I do not think any of the sides are blameless, but all of you seem to think that. (c)The american media is way way way to biased; it’s just propaganda
3. Please please watch the videos on my blog (danielusenko.wordpress.com) and also watch these two videos: http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2042 and http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2056
I believe this is the most balanced news I’ve seen so far. Main point—everybody sucks.
4. I hope all of the fighting is stopped, both by the Russians and the Georgians, and everybody in between. I know that the civilians want peace, but the politicians want land. That is a sad fact of our world.
Liebensraum.
Presidents come and go, and this one in Georgia, like them all, has strong and weak points. I think what you are missing out on is that the PEOPLE of Georgia want to be united with the west, not just the president.
All of the people in Georgia want to be freed from Russian tyranny. That is why huge crowds went to the airport to meet the planes with humanitarian aid from us, and flew both Georgian and American flags.