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Originally Posted by rwmct
The Russians were there to keep the Georgians from subduing the rebel territory.
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My point is that this isn't just the Russian's fault, Georgia is just as much to blame and what they're doing is pretty bad based on most reports. So for us to simply condemn Russia as the only bad guy here and want to "inflict some losses on the Russians" is simply ignoring the facts and reality of the situation.
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Russia has accused Georgia of committing "genocide" in its assault on the rebel republic, which they say killed at least 2,000 civilians and displaced 34,000.
Western human rights monitors caution that it's too early to make any judgments about what happened. But Lev Ponomaryov, head of the Moscow-based Movement for Human Rights, says he hopes the West will hold Saakashvili's feet to the fire on this issue.
"I can't say whether this is a case of genocide, but it certainly is a humanitarian catastrophe," he says. "The methods Saakashvili used to establish constitutional order have to be condemned by the international community."
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But so far all the West has to say about it is "bad Russia, bad". And of course Bush says "Stop!, or else I'll say stop again!" Yeah, that helps.