While we are mere spectators to the war that erupted against all odds on the first day of the Olympic games (in ancient Greece they ceased fire while the Games were taking place) no one can take a clear stance as to what is really going on up there. Are the Russians really retreating or just claiming so? Are they trying to overthrow Saakashvili? Certainly the political costs are many more than what meets the eye. But the bottomline is more bombings that claim to "punish the aggressors", more innocent victims and more refugees.Today's Independent represents the climate provoked by rallies and protests around the world against Russian tactics.
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Dearest Mia,
war is a terrible thing to happen, it affects peoples' lives generations after it has finished. That said, mo matter how hard the West tries to spin the truth, ultimately they will fail. If the US weren't so self absorbed, they wouldn't have given the all clear to the President of Georgia to attack South Ossetia, falling thus in the trap of the Russians. Russians aren't the only "bad guys" here, not that it makes any difference to the inoocent victims of both sides of course.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/mary-dejevsky/mary-dejevsky-russia-the-bad-guys-who-are-the-west-trying-to-kid-897498.html
Erika
Absolutely Erika; my hint on the political costs implies the implications of American interests in the region. But as you say, in a war I am more interested in the afliction of people that have no power from the people on power.
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