[TigersEye]

It didn't sound like an attack on me at all. Thanks for making sure I hadn't taken it that way. I'm not trying to attack you either. You have my respect as a debater.

I don't think Russia gives a damn about Abkhazia and S. Ossetia either. I also think Russia clearly used those peoples/regions as the bait to get Georgia to attack them. Check the story linked in #38. That is the most explicit description yet of what I'm talking about. Possibly the most credible source too.

If you still don't agree ... then we'll work on that. ;^)

FRegards! TigersEye

[Bokababe]

The respect is mutual, Tiger.

That article is interesting. I looked up the interviewee, Andrei Illarionov. He's with the CATO Institute now, which is generally anti-interventionist, making him even more credible -- and it more likely that Russia did just stepped into a trap.

Here's an article that when I read the title, I thought the author must be completely nuts -- until I read it & checked out the author's credentials. "Russia Should Have Been Part of NATO" Think that you might find it interesting.