Russia invading Georgia?

Question

What do you guys think about Russia's recent attacks on Georgia? I know it's not much business of the United States, but still I wish there was some way we could help.

Answer 1

GEORGIA IS IN RUSSIA,  FOOL!

Answer 2

russia is already so big.

Answer 3

ARNE T

It is not a state of Atlanta with capital city of Georgia of US is being invaded by any foreign force.

Georgia is a former Soviet Republic that became independent country after fall of Soviet Union.  By all means get a shotgun or bazookas and insist that F-16 can be parked at your back yard, start digging trenches, stockpile food. And be on red alert in case imaginary Russian troops will come. Next time, listen to the news and try pinpoint a right location on the world's map where real war already broken down.

Answer 4

We do need to get the UN to help Georgia and see if we can end this over talks. However the UN Is B.S and they will not step in because the US always has to clean up everyones garbage. We do need to protect Georgia they did send troops over to the Mid-east to help out so some of our american Military could come home. Face in my fellow americans we will be in WW 3 soon and we can't show fear to any country... God Bless our US Military and there family for the things they do.  

Answer 5

Russa just likes war

Answer 6

Georgia is allied with the US, Bush has already demanded a cease fire...  

Answer 7

no bro This issue is too small to be involved with. Georgia is not worth starting WWIII

Answer 8

I think probably the right side is on Russia, according to how the problem was explained in the news.

What happened is that the South Ossetia had and still has a majority of russian population, and that region wanted to be a part of Russia instead of being part of Georgia, as it turned out to be when the URSS was separated in several countries.

Somehow they still managed to reach an agreement that gave South Ossetia some autonomy from Georgia, but it seems that now that agreement was not respected by one of the parts and Georgia sent their military to South Ossetia and then Russia invaded South Ossetia too to support the autonomy of the region, but Georgia considers that an invasion of the country.

It's complicated to decide what is the right thing to do, but since the US supports the independence of Kosovo from Serbia on the basis of the will of the people of Kosovo, it should support Russia also on the basis of supporting the will of the people of South Ossetia.

(But you also have the stupidity of Russia, that sends their military to South Ossetia with the excuse of supporting the will of the people from that region, but still recently Russia killed hundreds of thousand of people on Chechnya (region of Russia) to keep it part of their country even though the people there wanted independence from Russia...)

Answer 9

Putin is a mob boss, not a world leader.  The next fifty years will be a repeat of the last fifty--the Bushites were wrong, the enemy is still Russia, and not little bands of terrorists.

Answer 10

like we did in the middle east?

pfft, we gotta go back into isolation like we did 100 yrs back.

let them fight their own wars and help ourselves b4 we help others

Answer 11

I think.. that this really is the business of the United States.. and other countries too. Wasn't Georgia asking for help? If Russia invades Georgia... it might decide to invade other countries near it... and that could cause a bigger war..

just my opinion.

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Answer 12

i don't know about it but i don't know why the h**l UN isn't stopping anyone form fighting are they bribed.

Answer 13

You are correct in that it isnt the business of the US. Russia did NOT invade Georgia but rather came to the rescue after Georgia attacked the Southern Ossetia rebels and there were many casualties. I can see however how you might read the western media which has an agenda and spins accordingly.  

Answer 14

The Georgians were just doing what the Russians did to Chechnya.  Taking back their own land.  If there were Russian citizens in South Ossetia, why weren't they living in Russia?  Isn't that part of being a citizen?  The reality is that Russia gave Georgians in South Ossetia Russian passports as a pretext to involve itself in something that is none of it's business.  Russia is just trying to expand.

Answer 15

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Answer 16

Well, we are kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place on this one.

On one hand President Bush is pals with Vladmir Putin and Russia is an ally of ours, albeit a dubious, potential double agent type ally.

Vladmir Putin was a Communist, some would say he is showing he true commie colors with his expansionist approach to this situation.

While Putin is not the President of Russia now, he is the prime minister and some people think he is analgously kind of like d**k Cheney (pulling Bush's strings) in the way he pulls Medvedev's strings, I personally don't know for sure on this, but once a red, always a pinko.

On the other hand: Georgia (country) is a free and sovereign nation and is asking for help from the United States because we are an ally to them.

I half think this case may be better handled by the U.N., which for me to say something might be best handled by the U.N. as a conservative who distrusts them, is rare.

I am one of those conservatives who does not like to send our soldiers into harms way willy nilly, if someday I become President I would way the situation carefully and decide whether or not there is a legitimate American interest to be served by sending the military any where.

If we could send a unit or two over to Georgia to help turn back the Russians from over taking Georgia and get them out within a month or three I probably would do it.

Let's not rehash the debate over Iraq.

Just my $0.02 worth..

Answer 17

Every time we get involved things just get worse we better let them handle it

Answer 18

First Russia did not invade Georgia.  Georgia is killing people in South Ossetia and Russia stepped in to protect ethnic Russians in Ossetia.  Get your facts right/

Answer 19

Russia is saving South Ossetia from mass genocide commited there by Georgia.

Answer 20

Russia got sucked in to the war when Georgia attacked Ossetia which has a majority of Russian citizens as residents. Russia was asked to help by ossetin people, did, and now we are the bad ones.

Answer 21

Russia is invading Georgia??? Last time I checked it was still a state within the US so it's very much our business!!! If they get to Atlanta I'll be waiting with my shotgun!

Answer 22

Russia didn't invade Georgia, Georgia attacked South Ossetia Thursday in an effort to "claim" the territory back. However their main objection is to level the city and kill as many civilians as they can in order to make the area uninhabitable for Ossetians. Russia sent in their troops on Friday to stop the killing of it's citizens and peacekeepers. Latest report indicates over 2,000 civilians and 15 Russian peacekeepers killed by Georgian troops. There's a video on-line where a Georgian soldier and an armored vehicle open fire on an unarmed civilian and a stray dog after posing for the camera.

Answer 23

What do you mean its not US buisness, Even Poland is organizing or calling the Eu for a Crisis summit !!

I think in reality only USA has the power to equally talk to Russia all Poland will do will propably be  calming down the Georgian goverment but we expect USA to raise this Issue !

Answer 24

The BIG question is where in the f*** is the UN?  The UN is the most useless band of thieving, bo good sonsabytches on earth--they're even more useless than our congress and that is saying a bunch.  They do nothing for world peace which forces the US to take action, which along with the f*** ups we make causes the world to hate us.  The UN failed in Vietnam, they have consistently failed in the Middle East since 1957, they failed the Iraqi people, they failed in the Balkans they have failed countries in Africa--the UN has caused the death of millions of people due to their graft and inactivity.  If you want to do something, urge your senators and representative to close down the UN building and throw those bums out.  The US needs to form a new world organization with allies, not cun**, who want the end of ANYTHING the organization doesn't like--things like Russia, any terrorist organization, any punk like Hugo Chavez.  And do it with swift and deadly intervention.

For jurji-EU:

The US caused this because Ike didn't listen to Patton and kill lots of the filthy dogs.  The US caused this, because we didn't nuke the lousy, vodka swilling, losers.  You're a Russian and I can smell you over the internet.

Answer 25

well we already have sent air force there and we are sending troops there as well. trust me. the US has everything to do with it. US is going to defend georgia and russia will back out.  

Answer 26

you mean georgia invading the break away territory and wants it back. and russia fighting to keep it right.

wow people are dumbasses. they think russia attacked the u.s. LOL

Answer 27

no offence but i don't think it has anything to do with the united states

I'm from the uk btw

it just annoys me George bush

always trys to get involved in other country's conflicts

he must want something like oill  

Answer 28

It is certainly the business of the U.S.

Georgian forces, trained and equipped by the Pentagon and the U.S. government, killed 10 Russian peacekeepers early this morning in a provocation attack that has escalated into military conflict, but the subsequent corporate media coverage would have us believe that the U.S. and NATO-backed client state Georgia is a helpless victim, when in actual fact a far more nuanced geopolitical strategy is being played out.

Original reports early this morning detailed how Georgian forces had killed 10 Russian peacekeepers and wounded 30 others, which was the provocation for Russian forces to begin military operations, but the fact that Georgian forces were responsible for starting the conflagration has been completely buried in subsequent media coverage.

“Georgia and the Pentagon cooperate closely,” reports MSNBC, “Georgia has a 2,000-strong contingent supporting the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq, and Washington provides training and equipment to the Georgian military.”

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The latest exercise, Immediate Response 2008, which took place last month, involved no less than one thousand U.S. troops working with Georgian troops in a war game scenario.

Moreover, the very “Rose Revolution” that brought the Harvard trained pro-US Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvilli to power in 2003 was wholly aided and abetted by the Central Intelligence Agency.

Russian fury at U.S. support for Georgia and Georgia’s aspirations of becoming a NATO member have flared regularly in recent months, with tensions also rising following U.S. attempts to place missile defense shield technology in Poland and the Czech Republic, which most observers agree has nothing to do with Iran and is in fact aimed at countering Russian military superiority in the region.

In addition, the pro-Israeli news source DebkaFile reports that Georgian infantry units were “aided by Israeli military advisors” in capturing the capital of breakaway South Ossetia, Tskhinvali earlier today.

DebkaFile elaborates on the true geopolitical significance behind today’s events.

    DEBKAfile’s geopolitical experts note that on the surface level, the Russians are backing the separatists of S. Ossetia and neighboring Abkhazia as payback for the strengthening of American influence in tiny Georgia and its 4.5 million inhabitants. However, more immediately, the conflict has been sparked by the race for control over the pipelines carrying oil and gas out of the Caspian region.

    The Russians may just bear with the pro-US Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili’s ambition to bring his country into NATO. But they draw a heavy line against his plans and those of Western oil companies, including Israeli firms, to route the oil routes from Azerbaijan and the gas lines from Turkmenistan, which transit Georgia, through Turkey instead of hooking them up to Russian pipelines.

    Jerusalem owns a strong interest in Caspian oil and gas pipelines reach the Turkish terminal port of Ceyhan, rather than the Russian network. Intense negotiations are afoot between Israel Turkey, Georgia, Turkmenistan and Azarbaijan for pipelines to reach Turkey and thence to Israel’s oil terminal at Ashkelon and on to its Red Sea port of Eilat. From there, supertankers can carry the gas and oil to the Far East through the Indian Ocean.

Former Treasury Secretary under Ronald Reagan, Paul Craig Roberts, told The Alex Jones Show today that the entire scenario smacked of a maneuver on behalf of the Neo-Con faction controlling the White House, led by d**k Cheney. Roberts said the date was precisely picked due to the distraction of the Olympics and Bush being out of the country.

Both Condoleezza Rice and John McCain have today demanded Russia withdraw its forces from Georgia immediately.

Meanwhile, the U.S. media networks are seemingly more interested in the complete non-story of John Edwards having an affair, while a conflict that could have devastating and thunderous geopolitical consequences fizzes on the verge of explosion.

As of early Friday evening, Edwards’ extramarital shenanigans were dominating CNN and Fox News, while Drudge also afforded the story more prominence that the situation in Georgia, which was also deemed less important than the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.

One of our readers contributed the following, which explains in detail exactly what is unfolding.

    Most folks on here can not or will not look up the history or facts for themselves …morons..

    Those who dont learn from history are destined to repeat it..

    In 1992, Georgia was forced to accept a ceasefire to avoid a large scale confrontation with Russia. The government of Georgia and South Ossetian separatists reached an agreement to avoid the use of force against one another, and Georgia pledged not to impose sanctions against South Ossetia.

    A peacekeeping force of Ossetians, Russians and Georgians was established at the time. And late in 1992 the OSCE set up a mission in Georgia to monitor the peacekeeping operation.

    From then, until mid-2004, South Ossetia was generally peaceful.

    In June 2004, tensions began to rise as the Georgian authorities strengthened their efforts against smuggling in the region. Hostage takings, shootouts and occasional bombings left dozens dead and wounded.

    A ceasefire deal was reached on August 13, but it has been repeatedly violated.

    Tensions in the region soared in 2008 and outbreaks of violence became increasingly frequent in the border area.

    Georgia said it was an internal affair as the breakaway republic had never been recognized internationally.

    The Georgian side repeatedly insisted the conflict could be resolved without outside interference.

    However, early on August 8 Georgia launched a massive military offensive to take control of the republic.

    A quote from another Reuters

    At an emergency session of the United Nations on Thursday night, Russia failed to push through a statement that would have called on both sides to stop fighting immediately.

    Council diplomats said a phrase calling on all sides to “renounce the use of force” had been unacceptable to the Georgians, backed by the United States and the Europeans.

    UK Times online:

    Mr Saakashvili, a US-educated lawyer who succeeded Eduard Shevardnadze in 2004 and has since tried to align it more closely to the West, compared the Russian action with the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and appealed to the outside world to intervene.

    ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚€ÂœRussia is fighting a war with us in our own territory,” he told CNN as Russian armour rolled into South Ossetia.

    ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚€ÂœIt’s not about Georgia anymore. It’s about America, its values: we are a freedom-loving nation that is right now under attack.