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November 28, 2008 | 1 Comment
Nov. 23rd,
Mr. Kaczynski and his Georgian counterpart, Mikheil Saakashvili, came under fire near Georgia’s border with South Ossetia.(VOA)
Russians denied shots being fired.
“This is a real provocation,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told journalists on Monday. (CNN.com)
(Deep sigh of irony.)
Is Saakashvili (or should we call him Napoleon?) still seeking any possible way to topple Russia? Or is he just a victim of a big bully?
According to Reuters today, Georgia’s former ambassador to Russia, Erosi Kitsmarishvili, said:
Tbilisi had been the aggressor having mistakenly convinced itself it had the blessing of the United States.
Saakashvilli dismissed this as “utter nonsense.”
VIDEO: from the previously mentioned Reuters article:
Kitsamarishvili: “It should be Georgian people who decide…”
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Ah, the South Ossetian War, I was starting to miss our debates… Right now, my only question pertains to the last part of your post:
“Kitsamarishvili: “It should be Georgian people who decide…””
What I want to know is who are the Georgian people? Are they the natural-born citizens? Are they the Russian born immigrants who were forcibly displaced into Georgia(a favorite Soviet tactic)? Are they anyone with a Georgian passport? Are they anyone who has ethnic roots in the country?
I’m not trying to take sides on this issue; all I want to know is who will we (Georgia, Russia, the US, the international community) consider to be “Georgian people.” Once this question is resolved, we can tackle the more intricate issues involving this conflict.
Let’s end the “he shot at me first” and “no, he shot at me first” bull, and let’s work on what’s vital. At least, in my opinion, this is what I think everyone should do.