Is Russia at fault for defending their countrymen in South Ossetia, etc.?

Question

Is Russia at fault for defending their countrymen in South Ossetia, etc.?

Answer 1

Do you still believe that Russia defends anyone???

Medvedev and Putin defend just only their ambitions and innocent people die because of their ambitions!!!

Answer 2

Defending their countrymen is a pretext.  They were waiting for an excuse to invade and try to depose the Georgian President.  Putin wants to recreate the Soviet Union.

Answer 3

The Russians are trying to destroy a rival in the oil business.  Georgia is the state which was weak enough and accordingly its major oil hub was devastated.  

Answer 4

No,

Is the U.S at fault for bullying and intimidation of countries? Yes

Is the U.S at fault for killing 1,252,595 Iraqs?

Yes

Answer 5

no were not.

Georgia started it.

the only reason we went in is because they almost slaughtered all of our 90% citizens in South Ossetia

Answer 6

The reaction of President Mikhail Saakashvili to the attacks from separatists provided Moscow with some moral fig-leaf for the "defensive" action however crossing into Georgia proper was just as wrong as the original Georgian action.

That said I don't believe that Mr. Putin (who is the de facto ruler of Russia) cares much one way or the other about the South Ossetian people and merely used it as a pretext to flex his muscles in the region.