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Originally Posted by Rekna
Who attacked who first? Georgia attacked SO. Russia responded by liberating SO and then continued into Georgia.
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From wiki:
The 2008 South Ossetia war began on August 7, 2008, and involves the country of Georgia, the Russian Federation and the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The war began after a ceasefire agreement between Georgia and South Ossetia broke down (each side accused the other of breaking the ceasefire), and Georgia sent a large military force into South Ossetia which reached the capital Tskhinvali.
Tell me how is Russia's invasion of Georgia different from America's invasion of Iraq during the first gulf war?
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Yeah that's pretty much the way it's unfolded.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7553390.stm
What I can't understand is why Georgia would think Russia would sit back and allow this to happen. Talk about throwing rocks at a hornets nest.
Also there seems to be more then a little irony in the US government making statements like 'it's not alright for one country to be invading another in the 21st century." I had a neighbor from Denmark over for coffee the other morning. Bush made some comment like that and my friend started laughing so hard I thought he was going to fall over.
Between this, the middle east situation(s) and Russia now threatening action in Poland it seems like pretty serious times are afoot.