How is the Georgia/Russia crisis affecting Georgia and Russia?

Question

How is the Georgia/Russia crisis affecting Georgia and Russia?

Answer 1

Well, let's see. After agreement of chease fire .. russia pulling back the armors, beyond the borderline. Still some russian tank there but no more killing out there.

If we check the big picture from Georgians side they gain a Nato membership with this conflict. Because U.S and E.U doesn't leave them without protection against russians anymore. ( Ukraine too )

Georgia offers a safe passage for petrol and natural gas pipelines and good harbor for naval supporters. That's why Nato took them to the club at near future. ( Nato want's the show strenght to russians too )

Georgians loose some land ( not much ) few hundred truck and armor and around 2.000~ innocent civilian but at the bottom line they win a lot. A shiney Nato membership who protect they butts against russian agression , support for civilian causalities and army losses from western world .. and credits, for re-build the country.

What about russia?  Russians wants the show some power for send a message to western world about "we are still alive, don't mess with us" or something, they do this .. bravo .. other hand It was a cleaver maneuver but certainly unnecessary tension between Russia & Nato in my opinion.

Nato and Caucasian States ( especially ex-soviet states ) doesn't trust them anymore. They rape georgians for show, they use southern ossetians for a reason to rape them .. everybody know this especially at this region and Russia's reputation too low at there. ( what kind of Idiot planned this? )

Russia do what they want but at the bottom line they gave a perfect reason neo's who living at western world and who doesn't trust the new russia. I'm sure Neo's use this opportunity for buy some multi billion weapon against russia, because they want's turn back the Cold War day's desperatelly ( without "sattelite" states .. like poland - like romania ) they want isolate the russian, isolate from rest of the world.

.. that's why I think russia lost many at the bottom line.