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The problem, Tully, is that, unlike say Kosovo, everyone in the international community other than Russia thinks S. Ossetia shouldn't be independent. I mean, just look at a map -- it doesn't look like a separate county; it would still be almost completely surrounded by Georgia. Georgia sending troops into S. Ossetia may have been unwise, but it certainly was not an invasion of a sovereign country.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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