To: Lilith Incubus
Of course you are correct that Georgia's aggression against South Ossetia ignited this whole issue, anyone who cannot see this must have blinkered vision. The 95%+ Russian population in south Ossetia were under threat from Saakashvili and his troops.South Ossetia is/was 30% ethnic Georgia.
So. Ossetia rebels(terrorists) were shelling ethnic Georgian villages in South Ossetia. That's when Georgia responded.
To: FreeReign
But you don’t hear that part. Only people repeating the mantra that Russia was merely defending from the evil Georgia!
To: FreeReign
So. Ossetia rebels(terrorists) were shelling ethnic Georgian villages in South Ossetia. That's when Georgia responded.
I think we can dig forever to a root issue playing a blame game on this.
Who is the freedom fighter liberating his country? Who is the aggressor dominating someone elses country?
Blending cultures just doesn't work, I think most FReepers would at least agree on that.
Time to be realistic and pragmatic about this friends.
Reasoning and blame is out the window, at some point, one must accept that the basis of this unrest is cultural, and the actions of Georgia and Russia are consequential, whatever the motives and ambitions of either of them are.
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