Journal einhverfr's Journal: Proposed "Compromise" for the Georgian conflict 2
With great alarm I have been watching the conflict in Georgia, where Russian troops appear to be continuing to advance and target military installations despite the "order" to hold to a ceasefire. In my humble opinion, this is a premeditated attempt to bully and subjugate all of Georgia, and use them as an example so that other former Soviet republics (like the Ukraine) don't get too uppity.
However, the fact is that my horror is out of a sincere belief in collective self-determination, as well as a growing concern relating to that Europe has become overly dependant on energy from Russia. So if I could wave my hand and propose a solution it would be one which would require painful compromises to both sides:
1) Give Russia the regions of Abkazia and South Ossetia
2) Give Georgia full NATO membership so that the European countries can pledge to protect the Caspian Sea pipeline.
Needless to say this would please nobody. It would, however, help with the stability of the region.
How would you feel? (Score:2)
How would you feel about poor little Georgia and the big, bad bear, if were to tell you that Saakashvilli was an atourney at the same New York law firm with Mukasey - the newest, Bush-appointed, US Atourney General? What if you knew that Georgia's chief foreign-lobbyist in the US were a founding director of PNAC, leader of the "Commitee to Liberate Iraq" and current foreign-policy advisor to John McCain?
Georgia's "rose revolution" was funded by George Soros. The ENTIRE Georgia project is a neo-colonial ent
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"Medvedev/Putin get no love from me - but I cry no tears over the vaunted "self-determination" that is being lost by the Georgian people. They embraced this loss, by not identifying who was behind the Democracy sham that deposed Shevardnadze - that was so "democratic", was it not?"
At the moment, there is not a lot of self-determination lost by the Georgian people but this could change. If South Ossetians and Abkazians have been voting with their feet by applying for Russian passports, I suppose they should