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Crisis in the Caucasus
Aug. 27th, 2008 11:48 amI'm puzzled.
When Bosnia wishes to break away from the overlordship of Serbia, NATO sends in troops to protect it from Serbian attempts to seize back control of what was its territory, and Western governments are quick to recognise the new entity.
When South Ossetia (Yuzhnaya Osetiya - why do the hawks keep referring to it as Oseesha?) wishes to break away from the overlordship of Georgia, Russia sends in troops to protect it from Georgian attempts to seize back control of what was its territory, and the Russian government is quick to recognise the new entity.
Can somebody please explain the difference to this bear of very little brain? The majority Ossetian population appear to wish to be separate from the ethnically different Georgians, and to be closer once again to members their own ethnic group in North Ossetia. Can it possibly be that the will of these people has to take second place to the strategic requirements of a foreign country on an entirely different continent?
When Bosnia wishes to break away from the overlordship of Serbia, NATO sends in troops to protect it from Serbian attempts to seize back control of what was its territory, and Western governments are quick to recognise the new entity.
When South Ossetia (Yuzhnaya Osetiya - why do the hawks keep referring to it as Oseesha?) wishes to break away from the overlordship of Georgia, Russia sends in troops to protect it from Georgian attempts to seize back control of what was its territory, and the Russian government is quick to recognise the new entity.
Can somebody please explain the difference to this bear of very little brain? The majority Ossetian population appear to wish to be separate from the ethnically different Georgians, and to be closer once again to members their own ethnic group in North Ossetia. Can it possibly be that the will of these people has to take second place to the strategic requirements of a foreign country on an entirely different continent?
