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It is obvious that Russia is the aggressor in this conflict. Now their point is that the Georgian government was treating those of South Ossetia badly in their effort to quell the unrest in that area. Now Russia being part of the UN and a rather significant vote in the UN, did not exactly bring any objections there or ask for a vote to help the people of S. Ossetia and decided to act on their own. Aggression...plain and simple. Georgia is a completely souverin nation and should be allowed to take care of its own matters internally, much like Russia asked for during the Chechnya wars. Using Russia's own behavior in Georgia, the UN or any other sympathetic party should have been allowed to support the Chechens.

All that aside, Russia, in this conflict, has gone even further than the scope of their voiced interest. They said they were protecting the S. Ossetians, but have gone much further outside the boundaries of S. Ossetia. The excuses sound good, but their object was met when they drove tanks into S. Ossetia. Once this was captured and secured, there obviously was going to be no more conflict from the Georgian side...they just dont have the man power...it is purely a scope of work to stop the Russian aggression at that point.

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Russia is claiming that many of the people in South Ossetia are also Russian and so an attack on them is an attack on Russia. Of course this is all just a good excuse to let Georgia know they aren't happy with their friendship with the US. The next question is will the Russians really pull out today (Monday 18th August) or is it just words to buy time. Maybe the Russians will use it as a push to see how far they can go without the US getting heated.

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I wouldnt be surprised to see them SLOWLY move out. They are getting a lot of bad press on this one and that is not what they wanted to buy with all those petro dollars. There have already been a lot of discussions about this issue in the UN and the longer Russia stays in a sovereign nation that is acknowledged by the UN, the more trouble they will stir not just from the US side. This is not one of their typical internal squabbles that get squelched with a parade of tanks...this is a invasion any way you cut it.

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I'm thinking... if Russia does pull out what will be Geogia's military position on both their pride and South Ossetia, which must feel kind of 'justified' in having the back up of Russia. On one news report disgruntled Georgian troops were firing at journalists seemingly out of anger for their disarray. Will Georgian troops once again move back into South Ossetia?

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Tensions High as NATO Suspends Formal Contacts with Russia Over Georgia Conflict

Tensions are high between the United States and Russia over the ongoing conflict in Georgia. On Wednesday, soon after NATO foreign ministers decided to cut formal ties with Russia until it withdrew all its troops from Georgia, President Bush vowed to continue to support Georgia. We speak with William Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation.
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Russia wants to be a Superpower again. The West wants to maintain the Status Quo. Me, I just don't want countries like Hungary and Poland to be sucked back into the Russian influence.

If that ever happens again I would support a full scale War with Russia in a instance. We can never go back to another Cold War and let millions live under that regime again. Hundreds of millions of individuals living in tyranny again, is not worth a peace that is bought with their bondage.

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The people of Georgia have paid a hefty price from this invasion. Now they will never feel truly safe.

Full scale war with Russia? I doubt the US would ever do that. It will be more likely that they will do as they are doing now... supplying surrounding countries with arms, armaments and intelligence, but that is something for another Thread (see the ones listed in the recent Newsletter).

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Russia accused of abusing truce

The US and France accuse Russia of failing to comply with the terms of its ceasefire with Georgia by creating buffer zones.
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