The Russians were going to do this same thing somewhere as tit-for-tat over Kosovo. The nutcase in Georgia just managed to win the prize and become the preferred target by letting his alligator mouth overload his rat’s patoot. Why the NATO crowd and especially the US thought that they could make up a new country out of nothing right in the middle of Russian long time pals and not have the same thing done to them in return is what I wonder about. Russia wants to be taken at least as seriously as the EU and if the EU, through NATO, flexes its’ muscle and makes up a new country now and then, Russia will show it has the ability to do the same.
Russia is obviously more brutal in it’s’ implementation but no more “evil” than NATO was over Kosovo. I’m not “apologizing” for Russia a bit, just stating what I see as the facts. We were party to the same damn thing and I don’t see the difference. That’s my humble opinion and all the blather over whether this is another cold war or not is a good many years too late. That should have been a consideration when people were all for shoving Kosovo down Russia’s throat. I’m sure that looked like the start of another cold war from their side of things.
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