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Originally Posted by Jean-Paul
There is one major difference here too... Georgia actually ATTACKED Russia. We have no leg to stand on to criticize them.
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Really J.P.? When exactly was that. My understanding is that not a single Georgian plane or military vehicle entered Russian territory during this entire event.
My further understanding is that this thing took off when Georgia tried to reclaim some of its own territory that was being occupied by Russian troops who were supporting separatists.
And please don't cite the fact that many people in the territory have Russian passports. The Russians issued the passports to people who are citizens of Georgia in order to provide themselves with exactly this kind of pretext for butting in and controlling the territory in question.
I think what Georgia did was reckless, under the circumstances, but I am unclear on how trying to regain control of one's own territory constitutes an invasion of another country.