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| quote: | Originally posted by know you
Because the US has been a major sponsor of Georgia, pushing very hard for a NATO seat this year and backing the Georgian government.
It's very easy to see the relationship between the Russian actions there and the current diplomatic relationship between the US and Russia.
Russia said to the US earlier this year when Kosovo declared and received independence that it would have grave consequences and declare a "dangerous precedence" for other break away movements.
If you think this war is solely about Georgia you need to step back and take a look at how the world works... This is very much, as some media organizations and commentators have put it, the first test of the post-cold-war world power balance. |
Point well made, however:
The US sponsors any number of countries in the world, just as the other wealthy nations do. Every country has their "not-so-secret" alliances, like the USA and Israel.
Financially backing someone else doesn't give a country the right to go sticking their nose in anywhere in the world, unless there is reasonable evidence to suggest a worldwide threat and/or repercussions from the conflict, or that the country being attacked is essentially helpless, which seems to be the case with Georgia.
However, NATO was formed specifically to deal with conflicts such as this, and the US should act through this outlet, rather than trying to play the big kid in the playground again.
I find you comment on "post-cold war power balance" amusing. Russia is a shattered husk barely able to support it's own citizens, and you still think it possible that they could put up any kind of fight against the US, who have the most technologically advanced army and have arguably led the world with economy and influence for the past decade?
It's also amusing that you talk about a cold war power balance, because this isn't about Russia vs America, it's Russia vs Georgia, even if Georgia has the support of the US.
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