With this in mind, do we allow Georgia to fall? It seems like a very risky thing to do, because it sends a terrible message to our friends and the leadership of Russia?
It seems like we’re stuck with this guy, like it or not.
What’s your take?
I told ya... i have to do a lot of reading before reaching a conclusion. I’m not done yet. lol
My gut feel is they should have told Russia to get out and for Georgia to knock it off. South Ossetia has been basically independent since 1993. Some 90% of the population are Russian citizens. Short of killing them all, I doubt there will be much ‘love’ from that region—so they shouldn’t be storming in there demanding that they “unite.”
As far as I can tell, the critical pipeline route does *not* go through So. Ossetia. If the pipeline is to be preserved without a major war with Russia, perhaps they should just let Ossetia be. Which begs a big question for me. What prompted this squirmish now? Why did Saakashvili take the actions he did that appear to have ignited the whole affair?
Like I said—I’m not done reading, but Saakashvili’s past actions and associations don’t exactly endear me the man. At best, this would be like supporting our great “ally”, Stalin against Hitler. ;-)