why did russia invade georgia?
Russia invaded Georgia in order to protect the interests of South Ossetia. The Georgian military had attacked South Ossetia because it claimed that Georgian towns had been fired upon and was responding to those attacks. Russia has strong ties to South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Russia is not willing that these regions should lose their ability to govern themselves without interference from Georgia. Georgia, on the other hand does not want to be subject to attacks from the South Ossetians. Georgia itself was once a part of the Soviet Union but won its independence from it in April of 1991.
South Ossetia declared independence from Georgia. Georgia didn’t like it. They invaded South Ossetia killing thousands of people and creating many more refugees. Russia invaded Georgia to “keep the peace”. There is a lot of misinformation on both sides. It’s a propaganda war as much as anything else. But less than an hour ago I saw the Georgian president making a speech in the town square (Sky News) and there was this guy holding up a flag with a swastika. So who are the good guys? In response to post directly below this one. Ant A Yes I agree with you about western media distorting the truth. They have contradicted each other on more than one occasion as was pointed out on RT.
Georgia invaded a breakaway area of Georgia USA approves Georgia’s aggression against South Ossetia and Russia – Putin says Bush running interference on Georgia http://eldib.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/usa-approves-georgia%E2%80%99s-aggression-against-south-ossetia-and-russia/ Georgia invaded a breakaway area of Georgia and the US is sticking its nose into another area of the world where it has no business. Or, could it be oil that is, like in Iraq, America’s business? Apparently, Georgia is an important oil transport route. …Russian jets targeted a major oil pipeline in Georgia….US troops deployed to former Soviet republic of Georgia to protect America’s oil interests. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059047/posts Iraq And The Georgia Republic By Big Tent Democrat, Section Foreign Affairs Posted on Mon Aug 11, 2008 at 08:25:26 AM EST Tags: (all tags) Share This: Digg! TwitThis The conflict in South Ossetia between Russia and the Georgian Republic continues to blaze and sprea
