On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:31:54 -0500 Terry L Hewett Sr
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|> Russia did things it should not have done, and the US needs to stand up
to
|> that.
|> But this should not be a case of US insisting that S. Ossetia being
forced
|> to be
|> under Georgian rule.
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| Who's funding the rebels? Who's arming them? I'd say that's the cause of
the
| whole conflict.
The funding is the enabler. Motivation is a big factor and it has existed
for decades or centuries.
| I'm thinking that S Ossetia and Abkhazia *originally agreed* with
georgian
| rule for the boundry to be drawn as such. When did that change and what
| influenced that change? Is there any resembence of the original S
Ossetians
| and Abkhazians Ideals and principles? or have they been decimated by the
| rebellion and whomever is funding them?
I don't think they ever agreed to that. It may be the case that rulers
that
were put in place by external forces, rather than the people themselves,
may
have. The current S. Ossetian leader****p did not. But they have been
trying
to resolve it by peaceful means, but have been hindered by the escalation
of
the whole mess by the rebels within S. Ossetia that want this resolved
even
faster. This is what leads to the escalation. If other countries would
agree that S. Ossetia should be free to choose its own destiny, then I may
well be possible to achieve that peacefully. Apparently Georgian
leader****p
does not agree, and they have gotten outside leader****p to agree as well.
| I can see the world accepting independence of S Ossetia and Abkhazia .
But i
| don't see it happening if russia is an occupying force of any kind in S
| Ossetia and Abkhazia. Then again the rebels will continue to attack
georgia
| provoking yet another conflict. Sounds like they have been unruly for
quite
| some time and it apparently makes no difference what the ruling
government
| is.
Russia was original brought in as peacekeepers. They have obviously taken
a
heavy handed approach and gone beyond that role. A year ago things were
in
at least a stable state with Russia occupying S. Ossetia. Since then
rebels
escalated things that caused Georgia to escalate things. Maybe Russia did
get the rebels to do that.
| Russia says they are going to give military aid to S Ossetia and
Abkhazia.
| then complain that Georgia is bieng re-armed? Are they not arming
rebels?
If the US leader****p would agree in principle of the right of Ossetians
and
Abkhazians to self-determination, and include in that the right to
associate
with Russia, and also include with that the pressure on Georgian
leader****p
to accept that compromise, then I think things will be in a better
position
to have a peaceful resolution. As long as Georgia wants to claim S.
Ossetia
as its own, that peace is at risk.
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