Does Russia really plan to conquer the whole of Georgia

Question

Could you provide some background history to this incident.

Answer 1

YES!  

Answer 2

Oh they say they recognize Georgia as a soverign nation. But they're liers. you can tell by how they're invading...it's just like Poland in WW2

Answer 3

Not. Russians want to move away the army of Georgia  back to border of Georgia's and South Osetia.

Try to read non-american news

http://www.rbcnews.com/

Answer 4

Heres a history lesson

In the early 1990's after the collapse of the USSR, South Ossetia and Georgia went to war.

South Ossetia basically won.

S.O. and Georgia signed a peace treaty. Georgia lost all rule over S.O., S.O. was allowed to set up its own government, and Georgia troops had to pull out.

2004. Current Georgian President is elected stating he will return all Georgian provinces, ie S.O., back under the federal government - in effect against the peace treaty signed by Georgia and S.O.

In the past few years Georgia and the USA/NATO/West have warmed up to each other. Especially since Georgia has 2,000 troops in Iraq. Third behind US and UK.

Thursday: Georgia's President gambles that with the world's eye on the Olympics, his nation can defend S.O. And, that PM Medved of Russia will not retaliate due to the horrible press of escalating the battle on the opening day of the Olympics.

PM Medved doesn't fall for it. After trying to get UN to tell Georgia to stop, he sends in the Russian Military.

Russia drives Georgia effectively out of S.O. by morning.

Russia continues to pound/bomb Georgia's military installments and military infrastructure to first to teach Georgia a lesson that it cannot invade independent lands on Russia's borders, second send a message two the other former Soviet state (Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Lithuania, Armenia, Lichtenstein, Latvia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia) that no matter how warm you get with NATO and the West, they will leave you hanging out high and dry.

In my opinion, Russia is doing the right thing. Georgia's president made a huge gamble. And, now he is paying the price.

Seriously, what was he thinking.

This is really a huge setback for the Bush administration.

GW has tried to sell NATO membership for old USSR bloc states to our western allies. Georgia acting completely out of line just revamps France, Italy and Spain's concerns. Further, it will make the old USSR and Eastern European states think twice now about the proposed missle shield.

Example, say all those states above decided to go with the US missle shield plan on their land. And, 1 of the states decides to pick a fight with Russia. Russia probably will bomb all the "shields" in these countries in the name of self defense.

All the while, Eastern Europens have to be sitting on their couches saying, what good is it to be the USA's ally while Georgia is getting biatchslapped, GW is waving flags at the Olympics?

This is all History, things you can learn from your own research. Georgia tried conquer old territory they lost, they called Russia's bluff and they lost.

Georgia attacked first, by murdering over 1500 South Ossetian civilians, many that had Russian citizenship, in an attempt to get more land. Georgia are the bad guys, not Russia. Georgia has been ethnically cleansing South ossetians and murdering seperatists.

Answer 5

Well, I don't think so, but if they do make that attempt, which I doubt, the west will be obliged to be drawn into the conflict on Georgia's side.

Answer 6

Why would they? Then Russia would be going against quite a few countries from NATO.

Answer 7

Only they know. It looks like it, but time will tell.

As far as background history is concerned, remember: Georgia used to be an unwilling participant state in the Soviet Union. Russia did not give any of those states up willingly. It just happened. That's the back story here.