South Ossetia is not Kosovo

Economist | Aug. 28, 2008 (Opinion)

the West is right to respond firmly to Russia's new belligerence by refusing to recognise the new states. Never mind that Russia is itself being incoherent in continuing to insist that Kosovo's independence from Serbia is still illegal (a stance driven in part by its wish to avoid setting a precedent for Chechnya or other restive republics within Russia). Mr Medvedev's assertion of a parallel between Kosovo and South Ossetia is almost entirely bogus. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The article ignores that Georgia troops initiated strikes into Ossetia civilian areas to ignite the Russian response. The article ignores neocon confrontational policy to arm and encourage Georgia and to set up anti-missile sites to essentially generate the possibility of disarming Russia's nukes to allow a crazy president to launch a first strike nuclear attack upon Russia, wiping out their whole country and population. Both sides are belligerently at fault. The author seems to say, without many facts quoted, that if the US did it, it was justified; if Russia did it, it was evil. This qualifies as propaganda.

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