Are Russia's action's in Georgia reminiscent of Germany prior to WWII?

Question

Are Russia's actions of deliberately disobeying the cease fire reminiscent of Germany prior to World War II. Germany keep agreeing to stop their actions, yet over time broke those agreements and would occupy more land, testing Britian and France for their response. Russia agreed to pull out of Georgia to their previous military positions however they defy the agreement by keeping troops in Poti and in a "buffer area" that includes portions of Georgia.

Do you think Russia is doing this all because they are trying annex the break away provencies into their territory or are the trying to anger the west cause of events like in Kosovo were the west recognized Kosovo's independence against Russia's wishes? Also are they testing the waters to see what it will take for NATO to say enough is enough get out of Georgia or face military action, like Britians and France's warning to Germany of a Polish invasion.

I am not advocating for war with Russia, but at what point do say you've crossed the line, now face the consequences. We all know a war with Russia would be devestating to all parties involved.

Answer 1

Yep!

The Russians are just trying to subjugate free people!  And they are using a fable about Georgian aggression as an outright lie, excuse and ploy for their own unsavory and selfish reasons! In a nutshell, militants (fomented by and including the Russian 'peacekeepers' there) in South Ossetia were attacking the Georgian Gov't and Georgian civilians. All this activity behind the scenes (prepping for war) was orchestrated by the Russian Gov't - as they were unhappy with Georgia. Georgia then responded against the militants and then Russia invaded Georgia.

In summary, Russia/Putin wants to:

* control Georgia's oil transportation/supply routes from the Caspian Sea and thus control ALL of Europe's energy inputs

* intimidate Georgia into not joining NATO

* push Georgia from becoming a true democracy on Russia's border

* punish Georgia for allying with the US

* move towards re-creating the USSR

* add to Putin's disgusting, ill-gotten $40B fortune

Peace

Answer 2

A little, but mostly their reminiscent of our actions vis a vis Kosovo and Serbia,...where the U.S. backed the separatist movement of Kosovo in their pursuit to breakaway from Serbia  Now the shoes on the other foot, Russia is doing the exact same thing we did, but now we're hypocritically condemning them.  Don't you just love world politics.

Answer 3

Far from it (although American-controlled media tend to portray it that way).

Germany's intention from the start was to conquer the whole of Europe, and Hitler prepared for that goal by building up Germany's military and signing a pact with Italy and Japan (Axis Alliance) many years before WWII.

Russia's goal is to prevent American influence to infringe on former Soviet states. It wanted the former Soviet states to allign themselves more towards Russia than towards the west. It's more of wanting to maintain Russia's sphere of influence in the Baltic region. This is not the same as wanting to conquer Europe.

Answer 4

it absolutely could be.

Before WWII, all of Europe was part of the "appeasement" of Hitler's conquest of more land.  No one really wanted to step up and stop Hitler because they were all recuperating from WWI and didn't want to get into another war.  At any time another country could have stepped up and stopped Hitler before we had more power.

The world definitely has to play this one very carefully.  No one wants Russia to gain more power.  It is a very powerful nation that is unstable... in points of view from many people.  I think Russia is going to test the waters of the world by annexing this small country and see if the world is all talk or willing to back up its actions.

Unfortunately, I don't think there is a country out there that would be willing to step in and put pressure on Russia with a threat of force. I think the only country that would be willing is America, and we all know that we are currently busy with Iraq and Afghanistan.

No one wants war, but I think the only real reason Russia will fully pull out is a threat of force. Lets all hope it doesn't come to that.

Answer 5

Yes, but it really is a carbon copy of Czechoslovakia in 1968. They literally took this from the play book, including the phony peace keepers before rolling in the tanks.