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Originally Posted by kermitology
I don't disagree that he's saying what he should given that Georgia is a US ally. What I have a problem with is that he's saying this after having started a war that's now been going on longer than the second world war lasted, to dispose of a leader that, while certainly evil and not democratically elected, the United States had no business in disposing of.
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And you know damn well none of that has anything to do with this conflict.
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South Ossetia declared it's independence from Georgia, and the Russians are their allies in this war. Georgia declared war on Russia, commenced hostilities during ceasefire and Russia responded with force.
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True, but you left out a lot of details. Each country accuses the other of breaking the ceasefire, which is why I said earlier that we need an outside viewpoint to really know whats going on there.
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Now the argument has been made that the dissension in South Ossetia was with Russian support, but then what do you consider any of the United States support of opposition? The point is South Ossetia doesn't want to be part of Georgia.
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Did the US ever condemn Ossetia for anything? IIRC, all they ever did was tell Russia to back off.