Konyok
Can you explain to me why, 15 years after the fall of communism, the only things that Russia exports are weapons and oil?Well, probably because after the end of the Soviet Union, Russians had a lot of American advisers to the Yeltsyn’s government on economics and finances.
Can you explain to me why the only candidate for president was Volodya’s silovik?
Well Medvedev is not “a silovik”, he never even served in military. He is a lawyer. Like Hillary, Bill Clinton or John Edwards. And he was not the only candidate. There were 4 more.
Can you explain to me why Russia supported Saddam Hussein?
Actually, Russia did not support Saddam Hussein. Russia supported the International Law. Russia objected the USA planned invasion in Iraq. Russia did not want the USA to create a precedent for Russia to invade Georgia later, just for “the regime change”. Alas, the USA did not listen to Russia (and the whole world)…
Why does Russia support the abuses of dictators, in the name of national sovereignty, and invade Georgia for the sake of humanitarianism? Do not the USA do the same?
There are dictators in Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and if to go back to the 50th-80th… Oh, the whole Latin America, S. Korea, S. Vietnam… the Shah, but the USA selected Grenada or Nicaragua…
Can you explain to me why there will be no debate about this conflict in Russia? There will be no anti war movement, there will be no dissent allowed.
It takes time for debate to unfold. There is dissent about Chechen war now. Why there will not be about the present war? The story is just too new and it will be over on the day after tomorrow. But a lot of Russians are sympathizing to Georgians even now. See, at the Olympics, in Beijing, a Russian girl Natalya Paderina won a silver in shooting, and a Georgian girl Nino Salukvadze won a bronze. They hug each other, and the Russian girl kissed her. How do you like it? If you read in Russian, you can find about it here:
http://grani.ru/War/m.139858.html
The other opposition sites (some in English):
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/600/42/369686.htm
http://newtimes.ru/news/2008-08-10/2008-08-10-2/
http://grani.ru/Politics/World/Europe/Georgia/m.139787.html
