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Originally Posted by Argos
Oh, we continue with polemic of lowest level! 90 % of South Ossetia's citizens have a Russian passport. Therefore it's of importance for Russia, what happens to them. From the moment Georgia became independent, the South Ossetians tried to be independent, because they never trusted Tbilisi. There are reasons for this.
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What on Earth are you saying? 30% of the populace of Macedonia comprises of Albanians. Albanians feel they're getting treated with severe prejudice in a Slavic country. Does that give Albania teh right to invade Macedonia and "free it's people"? Hell no. There's a huge Russian population in the Baltic states and they feel discriminated against as well. Lets just hope Russia doesn't come to "liberate" them as well.
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Originally Posted by Argos
A country which has been built by Stalin who gave a shit about it's ethnical composition. Since independency Georgia failed completely to give the religious and ethnic minorities at least a minimum of rights. Austria (that's where I live, by the way) is currently full of those people who had no more place to live in that oh so democratic country!
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So the only remedy to fix these great injustices would be for a foreign occupying force infiltrating sovereign borders and make things right? Lets not forget they're not bombing military infrastructure Georgia has in Ossetia, they're bombarding Tbilisi which is Georgia proper. Civilians in Tbilisi have absolutely nothing to do with rebel figthers in Ossetia. As far as I'm concerned this is an all out war against a sovereign country.
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Originally Posted by Argos
When it comes to hypocrisy then Mikhail is not less a master than the Russian leaders, whose claim of genocid against the Ossetian people is ridiculous as well, but in our beautiful world it's soooo inconvenient that there are two bad guys. There has to be a good one and a bad one. Amen!
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Well in my book the invader will always be the bad guy no matter how you spin it. And you say it like the charges of genocide are pretty much a proven fact, with Mr. Shakashvili just counting the hours till he's taken to an international tribunal facing charges. But that's sort of... not the case is it? Again: there is absolutely no international standard that would allow an invasion into a neighbouring country, which posses no direct threat to your existence.