re: “supercargo:”
“Georgia’s territorial integrality has to be seen in context of international commitments and regional arrangements. The 2 Russian majority regions that Georgia’s nationalist government chose to bomb were given to Georgia in trust …. Why wouldn’t Russians view Georgia’s trust obligations as breached?”
Russian disinformation (original or echoed, it’s all the same).
You are assuming several favorable assumptions:
That the “2 Russian majority” regions, presumably South Ossetia and Abkhazia, were actually “Russian majority” regions. Every reliable (i.e. non-Russian) source available indicates that Russian troops were already on the ground in those regions, that Russia had already irrevocably intervened in Georgian internal affairs via regular and irregular troops, plus extra-legal means such as the issuance of Russian passpords to non-Russians inside the borders of a non-Russian nation state (i.e. Georgia).
That Russian had the authority to “give” control of any part of Georgia to anyone, or to dictate a “trust”.
That Georgia unilaterally bombed these two Georgian provinces in an act of ethic cleansing. No credible source exists to support that premise, and to prove that Georgia’s military action was not, in fact, in response to clear Russian provocations.
Russian is a country of:
Crass, gutless low-lifes, who beat up and rape the helpless, but never have the guts to confront strength.
Or, a country of cowards who would let thugs like Putin own them, instead of fighting for their freedom.
Russia is a country with NO HONOR, NO JUSTICE, NO TRUTH. Who the hell cares what Russians think about “trust obligations”. At least 100 years of history tells the world all we need to know of Russian duplicity, arrogance, and practiced expertise in cold-blooded murder. EVERY RUSSIAN INVASION has been accompanied by a Russian claim to virtue. EVERY RUSSIAN invasion has been characterized by incompetent drunkards, rapists, the murder of innocents, AND a pack of lies to “justify” the course of action.
Your comment is an absurdity, to assume that this was anything other than a naked power grab by the same cowards, the same DISHONORABLE thieves and rogues who have run the Russian machine for over 100 years.
And in case my point is too fine to translate from English to Russian, I am a career military man – a professional. MY military is made up of the most innovative, resilient, forebearing, courageous, technically superior, and HONORABLE group of individuals to ever walk the face of this earth bearing arms. Perfect we are not, but we are not drunkards and rapists, nor we do not shoot or bomb indiscriminately. We care for our enemies and in many cases our enemies non-combatants, better than our enemies do for themselves. We WIN, and then we build hospitals, schools, churches and Mosques, and then LEAVE without so much as asking for thanks, let along the Russian style tribute.
Russia’s military WILL NEVER BE as effective as the USA; you will never hold a candle to us. Our junior officers LEAD by example, or senior enlisted SERVE their charges, and we have no conscripts – anywhere. Any junior enlisted American is show more respect during his worst day, than any Russian enlisted man will every receive from his superiors.
You may steal Georgia due to circumstances, but Russian will also wear that badge of DISHONOR for 1000 years. Every Russian man in uniform in or around Georgia will one day be embarrassed to even admit he was involved.
Ultimately, YOU WILL FAIL, and America will lead a new “coalition of the deserving”, i.e. former Soviet slave-countries like Georgia, who will take up arms to defend themselves against Russian aggression.
