Russian tanks in Georgia

Question

Two Russian airplanes were shot down in Georgia and now Russian tanks are going into the country. How do you feel about this situation?

Answer 1

Georgia Attacked 1st, Russian Peacekeepers are there and Georgia attacked anyway

http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/confli...

Answer 2

that's good

Answer 3

I want US/NATO intervention dispite what these people are saying Russia troops inccured onto Gerogian soil and they were acting in their rights to fire back in retalation Russia has invaded I want US intervention

Answer 4

Brentallica RE:

Your ignorant comments are actually wrong. Georgia is on top of a major oil pipeline for the region that holds immense strategic importance for the West.

Technically South Ossetia is a part of Georgia so they have a right to send in troops, although the people there identify with the Russians. This is a similar situation to what happened in Alsace-Lorraine between France and Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries. It seems like the Europeans fight war over territorial disputes, and the Arabs are just angry since the beginning of time.

Answer 5

It is not a conflict between Russia and Georgia. It is a civil war in Georgia. Southern Osetia wants independence. Russia supports it. Why then USA does not want to support independence of Southern Osetia? USA is for freedom of people right!? Free Kosovo, remember? Georgia did not attack Russia. Georgia attacks Southern Osetia. It happened that Russians had troops overthere to keep peace, but it did not help

Answer 6

How could you speak about Russia. It is the ONLY one country which HEPLED Southern Osetia!. Let all the geargians LEAVE osetia and let people live peacefully.

Sakashvili was stired up  against Russia and have chosen that region to check how would Russia react to bombarding and shooting od Osetia and now all the officials from Gergia LIE even in the UNited Nations. SHAME to Saakashvili

Answer 7

Any Russian planes it has not been brought down, it is lie.

I do not know how much you are informed in occasion of this situation but I know that from various sources say lies to you and try to incite you against Russia. Yesterday Georgia has begun attack of South Ossetia though itself earlier spoke about reconciliation. In current of yesterday Georgia has subjected all South Ossetia to continuous bombardments from howitzers, rocket complexes "Hailstones", etc. then in the city of Tshenvali which is capital of South Ossetia the Georgian tanks and in already today's morning the Georgian bombers dot blows on cities of South Ossetia have entered striked. The Russian peacemakers have received impact in a back hundred parties of Georgia, on the Russian arrangements where there are peacemakers fire from artillery and tanks has been opened. There is a lot of lost among the peace population and Russian a soldier. Georgia in the impudent image wages war, and not only on fields of battles but in mass media. The Georgian president tries to misinform in every possible way the world having told that Russia the aggressor which has attacked Georgia but it was not and will not occur. Today also the Georgian president has declared the general demobilization by means of which has collected militarians in a reserve (students, etc.) Also has sent them on front and to which most part this war is not necessary. The Georgian militarians having grasped some villages of South Ossetia finished wounded men of Russian the soldier and which most part Russian also the Georgian militarians in a pointed manner showed peace inhabitants to reporters as they shoot on the Russian positions with peacemakers and those do not answer as if they will answer with counter fire that greater war will begin. It is a genocide in the present kind and Russia within day tried to reach all world while all proceeded it and suffered but today the Russian tanks and were put forward to South Ossetia to stop bloodshed and to stop this war and the Russian planes did not bomb Georgia as the Georgian president speaks, it is a deceit by means of which Georgia tries to expose Russia guilty and to set all world against Russia.

If you will have questions and I as far as possible shall answer them.

Answer 8

they have declared the two countries are at war so where does it go from here

Answer 9

EVERYONE

THE REASON THE RUSSIANS ARE INVADING IS BECAUSE GEORGIA BOMBED THE CAPITAL OF OSSETIA, AND THEN INVADED THEM

WHEN THEY DID THIS, THEY BROKE ABOUT 10 TREATIES WITH RUSSIA

SO NOW THAT ALL THESE TREATIES ARE BROKEN, RUSSIA CAN/AND IS F*CKING UP GEORGIA

GEORGIA IS NOW BEING INVADED FOR F*CKING UP THE PEACE IN OSSETIA BY INVADING AND BOMBING IT

Sorry for all caps.  I copy/pasted from somewhere else.  And no, there are not thousands of casualties.

Answer 10

At this point, none of us have accurate and reliable information.  We know what other people have claimed to have happened.

My analysis is that the Georgian military is going to lose.  They may be able to bleed the Russians and but the Russians have air superiority and simply too many soldiers.

My real concern is: Will the Russians conquer Georgia?  Or simply occupy and annex Ossletia?

Answer 11

thank you RBM11 for the classy comment, u couldnt

even come up with the whole of it on ur own and u even had to cut and paste it from somewhere else. brilliant.

thanks helenasomething, so we do not know anything, and the only reliable source of information is russian media, i.e. the media of a country which is directly involved in the conflict. well, this has always been a guarantee of unbiased information, in any war, hasnt it?so i guess what u r saying is that russian bombers are not carrying out any attack against any gerorgian city. so the pictures we see today from Gori are a fake, staged by the georgian themselves or even better the georgian army attacked its own city, right?

what im trying to say is not that georgia is innocent, i think they did a very stupid move and did exactly what moscow wanted. hasnt anybody noticed how quickly moscow reacted? in a matter of hours they were rolling in. moscow has been issuing visas to south ossetian people, and now it can claim there are russian citizens to protect over there. well, of course there are, russia created russian citizens exactly to russify south ossetia. it put there peacekeepers, that are far from being impartial and actually like in moldova, its military presence only strengthtens the separatists.

this said, I repeat georgia could have hardly done anything more stupid. it played along the game moscow planned, and in doing so it attacked surprisingly ruthlessly south ossetia, killing a big number of civilian, if south ossetian sources are to be trusted. and as far as dead civilians go, i think these r reliable figures.

Georgia, which is strategically very important for the West, because they have the only oil pipeline that doesnt pass through russian or iranian territory, from baku to turkey, probably hoped to reconquer south ossetia quickly enough to let russia face the situation fait accompli. but that rarely works.

and now russia is fighting back, ruthlessly too. it is attacking georgian ports. what do they have to do with south ossetia? nothing, just a good chance to flatten some georgian infrastructure. bombing abkhazia border to help out those other separatists.

there is no right or wrong here, there are just two sides fighting for their own interest. dear helenasomething (i'll never remember ur nick) im sorry i dont believe ITAR TASS or NTV more than i believe FOXNEWS when they report from Iraq. Russian media does not have a history of transparency, your army is fighting a war they wanted against a state that was getting closer and closer to the West, and they were able to lure it into making the big mistake of giving Russia an excuse to send in its troops.  

Answer 12

No one gives a sh*t because there's no oil (or anything else of value) there.  If the ground was full of "black gold", you bet the US would take a big interest in those people's "freedom".

Personally, I think it's tragic thinking of those people who just want to go to work, come home, have dinner, play with the kids, do it again the next day, and live a relatively peaceful existence are totally f*cked.  Terrifying and my heart goes out to them.  Russian government is the world's assh*le.  Just as bad as the US government and probably worse.

Answer 13

Georgia flattened South Ossetia in a matter of one night bringing down schools, hospitals, and government buildings, oh yea and killing thousands of civilians. They think just because they have a few bases constructed by US on their territory that somehow US will act as their bodyguard. What they do not realize is that US' fear of confrontation with Russia is much stronger then some faint ties with Georgia. Russia will do what they need to do, and put them back in their place. Unfortunately I have a feeling this will stretch into a long road. After all, someone's got to make money off this war.

Answer 14

The behavior of Gorgia really remainds Croatian attack of Serbia. Gorgian governement is immature puppets in US hands.  Russia would not send tanks to Gorgia at no reason. Russia has a right to defend Osetia. Conflict will calm down soon for sure.  Ostetia should be indepent country they won't be a part of Giorgia if Giorgian governemt will act like this. And they will not forget this day to Girgrians.