Quote from a_person:
"Well, too bad those were Georgian, not Russian territories."
Wrong again. These territories were always separate territories until Stalin "The Georgian" decided to annex them and add them to Georgia. Unless you support Stalin's actions, you have no leg to stand on.
"Right... Of course Kuwait is a country and Ossetia is part of Georgia"
Kuwait was part of AL Basra province until the British came and carved it out of Iraq.
"Kuwait asked for help and Ossetia did not (as it's not a state)"
"South" Ossetia asked for help from the Russians like Kuwait did and like...guess who??? You go it my friend! Can you spell Kosovo? Remember how Kosovo was a territory of Yugoslavia? Remember how when the Kosovan Albanians asked the Americans for help the Americans bombed the living day light out of Yugoslavia to "liberate" Kosovo? Again, no leg to stand on unless you elect to stick with your hypocrisy.
"the liberation of Kuwait was sanctioned by the UN and the invasion of Georgia was condemned by virtually all members of the UN."
It is funny how when the so called UN's mandate agrees with you and rubber stamps your aggression; it becomes good. This is the same UN that did not condemn any of your criminal wars and it is the same UN that was turned into a monster when it dared to question your soldier's crimes in Iraq. The same UN that your president refused to adhere to when it came to applying the same rules of engagement and the treatment of civilians that apply to all other armies.
"what's all those differences between america haters when they have a chance to blame militaristic, war-mongering US for an invasion and praise "noble", "peace-loving", "minority-protecting" Russia for an invasion"
Cheap and cheesy. Try again.
"It's a well known and well-documented fact that Russia was giving out russian passports to Ossetians for the asking. 90% of them are ethnic Ossetians who never set foot in Russia."
Well documented? Any evidance please? Beside; what happened to the people's choice??? if the people "South" Ossetasia chose the Russian citizenship as opposed to Gorgia, what does that tell you about Russia?
As of Sunday, Tskhinvali Regional Hospital had confirmed the deaths of 40 people in the violence, said Tina Zakharova, an Ossetian doctor who kept a log listing the deaths. That figure included both civilians and combatants - people who died at the hospital, whose bodies were brought to the hospital or whose families reported burying their dead in villages.
"Human Rights Watch: Russia inflating casualty figures: Anna Neistat of Human Rights Watch...said doctors at Tskhinvali hospital gave figures that 273 wounded had been treated there and 44 dead had been brought to the city morgue.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/14/georgia.russia1"
That is not the issue a_person. One person killed in the American/ Gorgian unjust war is good enough to warrant a repraisal don't you think?
'I did. I said I did not support the
second Iraq war, Kuwait was freed during the first Gulf war."
I was clear in my statement. The whole world supported the first war because it was just. No need to play the cat and mouse game.