Comments on: Russia’s Invasion of Georgia Tests NATO http://blog.heritage.org/2008/10/10/russias-invasion-of-georgia-tests-nato/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:29:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: christopher eliopoul http://blog.heritage.org/2008/10/10/russias-invasion-of-georgia-tests-nato/#comment-266979 christopher eliopoul Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:23:36 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/10/10/russias-invasion-of-georgia-tests-nato/#comment-266979 censorship appals us censorship appals us

]]> By: christopher eliopoul http://blog.heritage.org/2008/10/10/russias-invasion-of-georgia-tests-nato/#comment-266978 christopher eliopoul Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:22:19 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/10/10/russias-invasion-of-georgia-tests-nato/#comment-266978 once again the us wants to be the sole power all over the world even in the soviet oop russias backyard hail to a resurgent russia as a strategic bullwark against american imperialism your israili lobby cannot deny countries right to protect intrests in their backyaeds ,.;/your trusted puppet canada has people who think indipendantly ;;;;;;; once again the us wants to be the sole power all over the world even in the soviet oop russias backyard hail to a resurgent russia as a strategic bullwark against american imperialism your israili lobby cannot deny countries right to protect intrests in their backyaeds ,.;/your trusted puppet canada has people who think indipendantly ;;;;;;;

]]> By: Charles Tchkotoua http://blog.heritage.org/2008/10/10/russias-invasion-of-georgia-tests-nato/#comment-6979 Charles Tchkotoua Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:48:19 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/10/10/russias-invasion-of-georgia-tests-nato/#comment-6979 Georgia must join NATO as soon as possible . Any uncertainly of Georgia not joining will make Russia more aggressive towards it`s neighbor. Georgia must join NATO as soon as possible .

Any uncertainly of Georgia not joining will make Russia more aggressive towards it`s neighbor.

]]> By: Will, New York http://blog.heritage.org/2008/10/10/russias-invasion-of-georgia-tests-nato/#comment-6845 Will, New York Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:41:24 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/10/10/russias-invasion-of-georgia-tests-nato/#comment-6845 I highly doubt we have moral concern for Georgia. We are doing what great powers have always done, which is try to make life difficult for the competing superpower in their own backyard. Russia has done it to us and we are doing it to them. This isn't to say that there isn't a moral issue at stake. The moral issue for us as Americans is, do our policies encourage negative behavior from the Russians? If yes, then we have a moral obligation to change our behavior towards them. Missile Defense Shield, provocations against Iran, nuclear deals with india, setting our defenses on hair trigger alert, discarding the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, and many others have heightened tensions and given an excuse for remilitarization. I highly doubt we have moral concern for Georgia. We are doing what great powers have always done, which is try to make life difficult for the competing superpower in their own backyard. Russia has done it to us and we are doing it to them.

This isn't to say that there isn't a moral issue at stake. The moral issue for us as Americans is, do our policies encourage negative behavior from the Russians? If yes, then we have a moral obligation to change our behavior towards them. Missile Defense Shield, provocations against Iran, nuclear deals with india, setting our defenses on hair trigger alert, discarding the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, and many others have heightened tensions and given an excuse for remilitarization.

]]> By: Seraphiel http://blog.heritage.org/2008/10/10/russias-invasion-of-georgia-tests-nato/#comment-6841 Seraphiel Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:48:32 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/10/10/russias-invasion-of-georgia-tests-nato/#comment-6841 I wouldn't call russia's invasion of Georgia illegal. Now the whole world knows and Rice and Sarkozy admit that it was Georgia starting the aggression on South Ossetia. Though Georgia has the right to do what it wants in what it thinks is its own territory. Executing a genocide attempt on a minority culture that you have terrorized for years is not something any 'democratic' country should come away with. Though the whole world seems to ignore the fact that there are two minority cultures living in Georgia that didn't want to separate from Russia in the 1990's, because they feared the ethnic nationalistic Georgian government. Russia accepted these cultures for being who they are and protected these cultures now on a second occasion. Why the UN doesn't recognize South Ossetians and Abkhaz people is a riddle to me. Because with only 650 000 Ossetians living world wide, they might have put them on the list of endangered species as well. In contradiction to western europe who didn't give a damn about the people in kosovo and only acts when already millions of people have been killed. Russia stepped in to prevent further genocide of Ossetians, making it even difficult to prove later on that it was a genocide attempt. I guess we all have to thank Russia for acting quick and acknowledging South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent nations. Something the world should have done in 1992 already. Stalin gave South Ossetia and Abkhazia to Georgia. Before that both Abkhazia and Ossetia had their own government. But the world seems to forget that. Russia should stay in both Abkhazia and South Ossetia at least until Saakashvili gets of his throne. I wouldn't call russia's invasion of Georgia illegal. Now the whole world knows and Rice and Sarkozy admit that it was Georgia starting the aggression on South Ossetia. Though Georgia has the right to do what it wants in what it thinks is its own territory. Executing a genocide attempt on a minority culture that you have terrorized for years is not something any 'democratic' country should come away with. Though the whole world seems to ignore the fact that there are two minority cultures living in Georgia that didn't want to separate from Russia in the 1990's, because they feared the ethnic nationalistic Georgian government. Russia accepted these cultures for being who they are and protected these cultures now on a second occasion. Why the UN doesn't recognize South Ossetians and Abkhaz people is a riddle to me. Because with only 650 000 Ossetians living world wide, they might have put them on the list of endangered species as well.

In contradiction to western europe who didn't give a damn about the people in kosovo and only acts when already millions of people have been killed. Russia stepped in to prevent further genocide of Ossetians, making it even difficult to prove later on that it was a genocide attempt. I guess we all have to thank Russia for acting quick and acknowledging South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent nations. Something the world should have done in 1992 already. Stalin gave South Ossetia and Abkhazia to Georgia. Before that both Abkhazia and Ossetia had their own government. But the world seems to forget that. Russia should stay in both Abkhazia and South Ossetia at least until Saakashvili gets of his throne.

]]> By: John http://blog.heritage.org/2008/10/10/russias-invasion-of-georgia-tests-nato/#comment-6838 John Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:45:44 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/10/10/russias-invasion-of-georgia-tests-nato/#comment-6838 The world was tested by Russia, they know they can get away with it. The Us cannot take on another country, they know this and are taking advantage of it. China and Russia have signed treaties in the past, wait and see what will happen. A war of wars. The world was tested by Russia, they know they can get away with it. The Us cannot take on another country, they know this and are taking advantage of it. China and Russia have signed treaties in the past, wait and see what will happen. A war of wars.

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