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Originally Posted by blankall
I don't really think that is fair either. I think there is a big chunk of the media characterizing this as hypocritical on Georgia's part: Georgia refuses Ossetia independence from Georgia, but then demands it from Russia.
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Double standard on both parts isn't it?
Georgia won't accept the independence of South Ossetia, but fights for it's own independence from Russia. Conversely, Russia accepts South Ossetia's independence from Georgia, but won't accept Chechen independence from Russia. Although I think the issue there for the Russian's is that they've always viewed Chechnya as a part of Russia, though I honestly don't see how that matters.
My point in all of this is not to say that the Russian's are doing good, they are clearly not. But that the portrayal of the Russian's as the only bad guy here is wrong.