Comments on: Russia/Georgia Conflict Requires Hard Diplomatic Choices

By: Booker Rising

Booker Rising — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:15:23 +0000

Russia/Georgia Conflict Requires Hard Diplomatic C…

Asserts Alan Stewart Carl, a moderate blogger: “What I believe we?re dealing with is one of those foreign policy challenges where there are no good solutions, just bad solutions with varying consequences. We can?t let Russian aggression go on withou…

By: Anton

Anton — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:31:29 +0000

Mark Jones, have you ever spent a day in Russia or republic of the former USSR? I didn’t think so. I, an American, spent 9 years living in one. Lived in Moscow too. There isn’t a citizen from any of the former republics who is going to laud Georgia’s “democractic” experience…Did you ever see High Plains Drifter? Clint pulls into town. Deputizes the midget Mortakai. Leaves him. Cold. Comes back to exact his revenge at the end. Sakashvili is Mortakai, but Duncan/Clint ain’t coming to save his cocky little ass. Georgia got too big for its britches. Georgia bluffed, thinking Team America would back them. “Fuck yeah!” Russia called the bluff. Game over.

By: Mark Jones

Mark Jones — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:10:40 +0000

Whether the Russians are right or wrong is not the question here in my opinion. What is important is how America responds. If America sits on it’s collective behind while Russia destroys Georgia, America can kiss any support that they might want or need from other nations in the future goodbye. And Americas credibility in the global community will be lost, maybe forever. Russia’s heavy handed response by invading Georgia is unacceptable, period. Doesn’t it seem odd to anyone that Russia just happened to have 150+ tanks staged across the Georgian border when this broke out? Russia should be considered the treat to the free world that many have tried to convince us they are not. I hope that this will open some eyes that seem to have been shut for too long. It sure has my eyes wide open.

By: Alan Stewart Carl

Alan Stewart Carl — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:43:24 +0000

NSang,

What do you mean by “The Russians were correct about Afghanistan?” Unless you are claiming their invasion was intended to thwart the power of Islamic extremism (which would be a very historically inaccurate claim), I don’t think the Soviet’s war in Afghanistan really gives us a good basis to evaluate the Russian conflict with Georgia.

You think it;s WRONG to condemn Russian aggression? Should we applaud them?

By: NSangoma

NSangoma — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:20:31 +0000

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We canâ€™t let Russian aggression go on without condemnation but neither can we afford to get ourselves involved in a war (even a war-by-proxy) with Russia. What we need is a quick end to the conflict.
http://donklephant.com/2008/08/1…omatic-choices/

What do you mean ‘We’, Kemo Sabe?

The Russians were correct about Afghanistan, so maybe you need to back the fornicate off Donkelphant.
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