Monday, August 18, 2008

Russia, Georgia and who's to blame

I'm gonna try to take a second and put some perspective on this whole Russo-Georgian hullabalu. Most of the American press wants to paint the Georgians as the victims. Now, I'm not saying the Rissian response wasn't a little over-reactive (understatement) but let's try not to forget the part played by Georgia's rock-stupid government. The Russians have made perfectly apparent they're distaste for Georgia's westward leanings. By attempting their ill-concieved (huge understatement) military adventure against a region protected by Russian troops the Georgian government had served their country up on
a platter. Imagine if the Cuban missile crisis had happened during the Russo-Afghan war. A bellicose right-winger in power and the enemies ally bogged down in a destabilizing middle east war? Sound familiar?
What do you think Reagan would have done? Especially if the Russian response would have been minimized. While I don't condone military aggression in any form, I also don't think the Georgian government should be so easily forgiven for giving the Russians such a convenient excuse to destroy their country.

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