Russia ups the ante

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:20:00 -0500

Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev, recognizes the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.

Orion Stallard Pron: "O'Ryan"

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:27:37 -0500

I'm suprised that there been little attention given to the fact that we are in a change of wartime administration and that picking a fight with Russia right now is just plain Dumb. We've already shown our hand (military might and management) with Iraq and Afganistan and taunting every bully on the block seems to me to overreach our capacity to back up the tough talk. Not to mention how badly this will likely play out for the next president-espically if it's Barak Obama.

Also, I've listened to NPR and other news and am not entirely clear why South Ossetia and Abkhazia becoming independant is so negative. So what if the UN has a defined border of Georgia. If a group of people wish to become independant any where in the world (i.e. the US 233 years ago) why should we interfere and try to stop them? Would Russia get involved if Puerto Rico wanted to admonish it's US Territory status? Better yet, what if part of Cuba or Venezuela wanted to declare independance and have democratic elections. Wold we whip out the UN border definitions then? Sincerely confused.

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Russia ups the ante

Orion Stallard Pron: "O'Ryan"