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Originally Posted by asaris
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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Except that they have been their own country for around 18 years now. Which does give them some claim to independence. If we had not invaded Iraq and Saddam would have sent troops into the north to reclaim the Kurdish regions how would the US have reacted? We would have likely invaded and liberated them and the Kurds never were their own country.
Now I'm not saying Russia was right in attacking Georgia but Georgia definitely does not have its hands clean.
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Here is testimony from a 12 year old American girl who was there:
Pay attention to who she says was the aggressor.