So anyone -- especially a Congressman, more especially a Republican Congressman -- who disagrees with the accepted account of the events of last month must be a "rebel" or maybe a comsymp.
Well, I have not made up my mind who is at fault, but I will say that most here seem to have instinctively blamed the Russians, and that worries me. Especially worrisome is the idea that's gaining a foothold that Georgia is our "ally" in some undeclared war, and we need to protect its territorial integrity at all costs, even if it comes to war with Russia.
This idea runs counter to the policy that prevailed a scant decade ago when the Serbian province of Kosovo wanted to be independent from Belgrade. Then, a certain American general who shall remain unnamed convinced both Pres. Clinton and a Republican Congress (with considerable help from a conmpliant media) that Kosovo should be independent and that a NATO intervention was called for because of the impending genocide, and you know what happened next. Bombs over Belgrade. Bombs over the Chinese embassy. And through it all we took the side of the KLA, who were in league with the Taliban. Nice going, State Department.
It does not serve the American people for the US government to be taking sides in border disputes or secessionist movements in far-off countries that not one person in fifty could place on a map, let alone know anything about.
Rohrabacher may be right, he may be wrong, but he has every right to voice his opinion. Those calling for his scalp should refocus their efforts on politicians who do real harm by intentionally misleading the public.
I would describe the ethnic Ossetians in South Ossetia who cleansed the ethnic Georgians from that area, terrorizing, killing and destroying ethnic Georgian villages, as rebels.
Well, it certainly obvious that you just hate America and blame America first.
For the dense, that's sarcasm. I believe the Georgians started the fighting in this case.
Georgia has the one of the fastest rates of population decline. Why should we risk our people, treasure and a possible cold or hot war with Russia when the people of Georgia can't even be bothered to breed? By mid century, there won't be enough Georgians of military age to stop a boy scout troop from occupying the country.