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Georgia-Russia Crisis
What should be done about it? More specifically, should US gov't get involved and help Georgia? US already sent Georgia troops back to their country (from Iraq) so I think US has some intention to help out but not too much so as to disturb the relation with Russia further.
What surprises me is that there still exist countries that try to invade others for political/economical reasons.
Oh and also, should UN be held responsible in dealing with the crisis?
What surprises me is that there still exist countries that try to invade others for political/economical reasons.
Oh and also, should UN be held responsible in dealing with the crisis?
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It must also surprise you that on the first day of the Olympics a democratically elected leader can order a major military operation against what he considers to be his own citizens, and yet somehow manage to remain everybody's darling.yee0890 wrote: What surprises me is that there still exist countries that try to invade others for political/economical reasons.
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Asking the US to help Georgia is like asking Tony Soprano to help another mafioso.What should be done about it? More specifically, should US gov't get involved and help Georgia?
From what I've read, Russia suspected Georgia of having WMD's and having links to international terrorist groups.
For the record: The Georgian army was trained by Israel---that's right, the same Israel that was humiliated a few years ago in Lebanon. This would explain Georgia's "brilliant" performance on the battlefield. Bloody, stupid Georgian cowards!
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The U.S. should stay neutral and get off Russia's face.yee0890 wrote:What should be done about it? More specifically, should US gov't get involved and help Georgia?
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Amen!Amadeus wrote:The U.S. should stay neutral and get off Russia's face.yee0890 wrote:What should be done about it? More specifically, should US gov't get involved and help Georgia?
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Funny you had no comment to the effect that Russia should get off Georgia's face.Amadeus wrote:The U.S. should stay neutral and get off Russia's face.yee0890 wrote:What should be done about it? More specifically, should US gov't get involved and help Georgia?
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Uh... because the original poster asked about what the U.S. should do?Bert wrote:Funny you had no comment to the effect that Russia should get off Georgia's face.
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Should? When the Great Powers throw their weight around such trivial matters as morality get packed off someplace out of sight. Of course, the various parties will produce tissues of nonsense as excuses for nationalistic goons to howl about, but we all know what happens to the truth in a war.Amadeus wrote:The U.S. should stay neutral and get off Russia's face.
I think we can safely say, though, that the role of the U.S. in this will be minimal or non-existent. It is too busy in its own wars for military action, and whatever political or moral clout it might once have wielded has been sapped away by the manifestly corrupt and incompetent farrago in Iraq.
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Stop prodding the Russian bear with sticks. What does this mean? For instance, this can mean stop encircling Russia with new NATO members who were former Warsaw Pact members, unilaterally withdrawing from the ABM treaty, and setting up missile bases in new NATO member states who border with Russia.yee0890 wrote: What should be done about it?
yee0890 wrote: More specifically, should US gov't get involved and help Georgia?
Beyond the US having insufficient ground troops for the purpose, Russia seems to be playing for keeps. Direct interference is ill-advised at best, and crazy at worst. Listen to an interview from Democracy Now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=380DYsymHkA
Other than the countries who invaded Iraq and Afghanistan? Or do you think that the invading armies are there for the weather, or to help the inhabitants?yee0890 wrote: What surprises me is that there still exist countries that try to invade others for political/economical reasons.
If by "held responsible" you mean "broker a peace treaty", sure, that is if you can convince the Russians or anyone else not to veto the plan. Then why not?yee0890 wrote: Oh and also, should UN be held responsible in dealing with the crisis?
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Good enough reason. Thanks.Amadeus wrote:Uh... because the original poster asked about what the U.S. should do?Bert wrote:Funny you had no comment to the effect that Russia should get off Georgia's face.
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And before you know it, these new NATO members will be allocating half of their discretionary budget on armaments---armaments bought from the US, of course.Stop prodding the Russian bear with sticks. What does this mean? For instance, this can mean stop encircling Russia with new NATO members who were former Warsaw Pact members, unilaterally withdrawing from the ABM treaty, and setting up missile bases in new NATO member states who border with Russia.
True. The Russian bear is back. Deal with it, neocons.
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I don't know what you guys think about this but I don't like the attitude that we should leave others be, even if attocities are committed. I'm thinking of Rwanda, the Congo or Darfur.
Every country with some sort of military ability should have been ready to help. Concerning issues that are not as explosive as these, other means can be used but help should be available. Of course it is not only the lack of caring that is a factor but also governments that are less than sincere.
Every country with some sort of military ability should have been ready to help. Concerning issues that are not as explosive as these, other means can be used but help should be available. Of course it is not only the lack of caring that is a factor but also governments that are less than sincere.
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Russia's sentiment exactly, Bert. They were not going to sit idly by and watch Georgian troops (under the auspices of the United States, of course) ethnically cleanse S. Ossetia of its Russian population. And how the neocons miscalculated Russia's response!Bert wrote:I don't know what you guys think about this but I don't like the attitude that we should leave others be, even if attocities are committed.
Surprised? Don't sweat it. Anyone watching the American (corporate) news would have no idea that Georgia provoked the crisis; Georgia commited the atrocities.
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I am with you. Even though I'm not American, I have always believed that the U.S., as a modern Roman empire, has the moral duty to use its influence to prevent or fight against such atrocities like Rwanda or Darfur. Complete isolationism doesn't work. Sadly, its actual response to these crimes against humanity has been, and is, rather poor.Bert wrote:I don't know what you guys think about this but I don't like the attitude that we should leave others be, even if attocities are committed. I'm thinking of Rwanda, the Congo or Darfur.
Oh, but when it comes to unduly extending its influence beyond what is reasonable, like promoting the expansion of NATO (even though the cold war ended in 1991), or when there is oil involved (Irak and Georgia), no one should dare oppose the US government and its Corporations.
I'm quite surprised at the bias that is coming out of the networks, including the BBC. I have yet to hear someone ask Saakashvili (who's been so melodramatic throughout this whole ordeal) the tough questions that are being thrown at the Russian spokespeople. Almost no one is analyzing this man's actions against the South Ossetians, a people who, by a majority of 90%, want to be independent from Saakashvili's paradise of a democracy.PeterD wrote:Suprised? Don't sweat it. Anyone watching the American (corporate) news would have no idea that Georgia provoked the crisis; Georgia commited the atrocities.
The news is quite depressing. I fear that we are indeed heading for a new Cold War... that is, if we are not already in one.
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Wow! Fox News didn't see this coming.
Watch the video below between the Fox News anchor and a 12-year-old Ossetian-American girl who had just arrived from S. Ossetia:
http://www.juancole.com (need to scroll down just a bit to "Fox News: 12 Year Old Girl Tells Truth About Georgia")
If it's not available in the above site, watch it here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=H8XI2Chc6uQ
Ahhh. . . the beauty of live TV!
Watch the video below between the Fox News anchor and a 12-year-old Ossetian-American girl who had just arrived from S. Ossetia:
http://www.juancole.com (need to scroll down just a bit to "Fox News: 12 Year Old Girl Tells Truth About Georgia")
If it's not available in the above site, watch it here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=H8XI2Chc6uQ
Ahhh. . . the beauty of live TV!
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Just to clarify, nations and especially empires like the United States never act because of moral duty despite what they may say. They act in what they believe is their own self-interest. They may use morality as a pretext for their intervention, but there hasn't been a single war the US has fought that didn't have first and foremost some benefit for the US.Amadeus wrote:...I have always believed that the U.S., as a modern Roman empire, has the moral duty to use its influence to prevent or fight against such atrocities like Rwanda or Darfur. Complete isolationism doesn't work...
This is true of even the so-called "Good War," World War 2. The US battled Japan for hegemony in the Pacific to protect her interests in oil and rubber and overall influence in the region, and in Europe the US was given the opportunity to extend her influence in Europe as Great Britain zeroed out economically.
Sorry for the threadjack, but I had to chime in.
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Japan did do some terrible things across Asia during their occupation though. I doubt the Americans were fighting them because of this but the fact that there were atrocities committed remains regardless.Koehnsen wrote:Just to clarify, nations and especially empires like the United States never act because of moral duty despite what they may say. They act in what they believe is their own self-interest. They may use morality as a pretext for their intervention, but there hasn't been a single war the US has fought that didn't have first and foremost some benefit for the US.Amadeus wrote:...I have always believed that the U.S., as a modern Roman empire, has the moral duty to use its influence to prevent or fight against such atrocities like Rwanda or Darfur. Complete isolationism doesn't work...
This is true of even the so-called "Good War," World War 2. The US battled Japan for hegemony in the Pacific to protect her interests in oil and rubber and overall influence in the region, and in Europe the US was given the opportunity to extend her influence in Europe as Great Britain zeroed out economically.
Sorry for the threadjack, but I had to chime in.
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I am not that cynical yet.Koehnsen wrote:This is true of even the so-called "Good War," World War 2. The US battled Japan for hegemony in the Pacific to protect her interests in oil and rubber and overall influence in the region, and in Europe the US was given the opportunity to extend her influence in Europe as Great Britain zeroed out economically.
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Russia-Georgia conflict created a big headache for Israel which armed and trained Georgians for years - and now suddenly Russians threaten retaliation by supplying S-300 SAM batteries to Syria. Here is what a prominent Israeli analyst says: http://samsonblinded.org/blog/on-russia ... israel.htm