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To: FreeInWV

So you think Georgia invaded her own territory?


18 posted on 09/18/2008 8:39:41 PM PDT by MarMema (regime change in Russia!!)
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To: MarMema

South Ossetia never wanted to be a part of Georgia. They got drug along unwillingly when Georgia broke away from the USSR. They fought a bloody war against Georgia to remain independednt. The war ended in a cease fire where Georgia agreed to allow them autonomy, agreed not to use military force against them and agreed to a peacekeeping force comprised of N. Ossetians, Russians and Georgians. This was in the early 90s. Like it or not Georgia violated the cease fire and shelled the S. Ossetian capital, reducing it to rubble.

The S. Ossetians also held 2 referendums (6 months after Georgian independence and late 2007) where the citizens voted for independence by a margin of 99%. Are you against the democratic will of the people of S. Ossetia?

Did you know that the Georgian and S. Ossetian people hate and distrust each other due to genocidal acts committed during their war? Did you know that their borders have been sealed and militarized since the early 1990s? Did you know that Georgia cut their power lines, darkening the entire country in an attempt to freeze them out? What exactly do you thing the Georgians wanted when they invaded with tanks & rocket launchers? Were they gonna give them all jobs & free medical care??? Or do you think they were going to kill them all or chase them from their homes? I have a problem with that. I don’t support genocide. I have little use for anyone who condones such acts or tries to call them normal & justified.


21 posted on 09/18/2008 9:51:50 PM PDT by FreeInWV
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