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Originally Posted by Rico
I didn't think you were gullible enough to believe KGB propaganda. Russians have long committed genocide in the region and are the ones bombing innocent civilians and killing them.
I think you need to look a bit more into this and realize that a)Russia provoked this and b) Russia had been planning this for quite some time.
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The Russians have been commiting genocide in the region? Okay, could you provide sources? Yes, there have been hostilities for years but genocide? Here's a good article (long) but seems to not take sides too much:
Another Side of the Georgian-Russian Conflict - by Christopher Deliso
And how could Russia be provoking the latest actions? The Georgian government thought that they could attack villages (and kill scores of innocent civilians) in the region and that the EU and US would come and fight their fight for them. Surprise! The US has already ruled out any "punishments" aimed at Russia (it's already been noted by our government that we need Russia's help too much in other vital issues to get into any spats over this) and the EU certainly doesn't want its oil and gas sold to the Chinese rather than the Europeans.