War in Georgia
War in Georgia.
What is going on you can read in the news. Two details of this war that is nobody talking about:
First:
From the news “President Bush expressed alarm about the escalating conflict and called on Russia to respect Georgia’s territorial integrity.”
Hypocrisy of US foreign policy knows no bounds. It was not long ago that supported by US and NATO troops breakaway region declared independence. US was first to recognize independence of that region. There was no calls to respect Serbia’s territorial integrity. Why?
Needless to say US press is taking Georgian side in this conflict. Evil Russia attacking poor little Georgia….. There are two sides to every story though:
At the fall of USSR completely bogus borders between former Soviet Republics became real borders of now independent countries. Millions of people ended up in regions where their ethnicity made them “foreigners” in their own homes. Russians that lived in northern Georgia lived there for generations but since they are now on the “Georgian side” of formerly completely nominal border they are unwanted “foreigners” in new, independent Georgia. Georgians did not want to draw new, realistic border occupied by real ethnic Georgians. They just wanted to run all the ethnic Russians out across the border into Russia. I think it is called “ethnic cleansing” but this charge is only used against countries that are not allied with US.
Paid for with US foreign aid, trained by US Special Forces Georgians felt mighty “Uncle Sam” will make them invincible against Russia. After all US only supports good people against bad ones. Good countries against bad ones. If you ask average informed American if US took right side in Serbia/Kosovo conflict many of them will say “We bombed wrong side there”.
Second.
Georgia’s President Saakashvili called US to declare war on Russia. Is he that NAIVE? I bet not. He in not naive, he had to be promised that US would protect Georgia from Russia to make such a naive, in today’s political situation, statement. Most likely promise was made few years ago when Russia was weak and US was not entangled in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now days situation has changed and US left Georgia out to dry, to battle with Russia on it’s own.
US becomes rather famous around the world for making promises it cannot keep. What do you think Estonians, Lithuanians, Ukrainians are thinking now? US backed them up with promises of support and they felt safe to thumb their noses at Russia all they wanted. Now what? They are going to have to really change their attitude toward Russia. What is left of US “mighty superpower” reputation took another huge blow, especially in the countries that are anywhere near Russia. Asian countries will have to take notice too. US will not be there to protect them from China.
What is going on you can read in the news. Two details of this war that is nobody talking about:
First:
From the news “President Bush expressed alarm about the escalating conflict and called on Russia to respect Georgia’s territorial integrity.”
Hypocrisy of US foreign policy knows no bounds. It was not long ago that supported by US and NATO troops breakaway region declared independence. US was first to recognize independence of that region. There was no calls to respect Serbia’s territorial integrity. Why?
Needless to say US press is taking Georgian side in this conflict. Evil Russia attacking poor little Georgia….. There are two sides to every story though:
At the fall of USSR completely bogus borders between former Soviet Republics became real borders of now independent countries. Millions of people ended up in regions where their ethnicity made them “foreigners” in their own homes. Russians that lived in northern Georgia lived there for generations but since they are now on the “Georgian side” of formerly completely nominal border they are unwanted “foreigners” in new, independent Georgia. Georgians did not want to draw new, realistic border occupied by real ethnic Georgians. They just wanted to run all the ethnic Russians out across the border into Russia. I think it is called “ethnic cleansing” but this charge is only used against countries that are not allied with US.
Paid for with US foreign aid, trained by US Special Forces Georgians felt mighty “Uncle Sam” will make them invincible against Russia. After all US only supports good people against bad ones. Good countries against bad ones. If you ask average informed American if US took right side in Serbia/Kosovo conflict many of them will say “We bombed wrong side there”.
Second.
Georgia’s President Saakashvili called US to declare war on Russia. Is he that NAIVE? I bet not. He in not naive, he had to be promised that US would protect Georgia from Russia to make such a naive, in today’s political situation, statement. Most likely promise was made few years ago when Russia was weak and US was not entangled in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now days situation has changed and US left Georgia out to dry, to battle with Russia on it’s own.
US becomes rather famous around the world for making promises it cannot keep. What do you think Estonians, Lithuanians, Ukrainians are thinking now? US backed them up with promises of support and they felt safe to thumb their noses at Russia all they wanted. Now what? They are going to have to really change their attitude toward Russia. What is left of US “mighty superpower” reputation took another huge blow, especially in the countries that are anywhere near Russia. Asian countries will have to take notice too. US will not be there to protect them from China.
