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| quote: | Originally posted by Agent0
here is a little background
there is north ossetia and south ossetia, they dont get along with eachother like sunnis and shiaits in iraq, because north ossetia which is closer to russia whats to be independent but south ossetia wants to be part of georgia. both south and north ossetia is part of georgia since there has been country called georgia.
here is how this whole thing started
- rebels from north ossetia, equipped by Russian military attacked civilians of south ossetia figuring they could just take over both sides
- Georgian president sent in troops to stop these rebels from killing innocent civilians in south ossetia, keep in mind rebels dont wear any formal military clothes, they are just civilians with AK47s shooting other civilians. once georgian troops shot at them russians claimed that georgians were shooting innocent unarmed citizens of russia from north ossetia, reporting 1400 dead which is bunch of russian propaganda. if you read on cnn.com or newyorktimes under the 1400 number, it says that no independent sources are confirmed, meaning they are taking russians word for it, pretty dumb idea
- so russians started to send in tanks and aircrafs to "protect" their people meanwhile bombing cities across georgia, places where innocent civilians live like in gori, which the last place i would expect russians to bomb considering Stalin was born and raised in Gori, they also bombed Poti port where ships loaded with oil are standing still, leaving 40 dead and 100s wounded
russians dont give a flying fuck about ossetia, they want that oil and gas pipleline and its killing them that it goes through georgia and not russia
ive talked to my uncle who lives in tbilisi and he said its quiet as of now in capital but he could hear bombings earlier.
crazy thing is all my family is in georgia right now for vacation at black sea in batumi, (i couldn't go because i was taking summer classes in college and i got a pretty heavy work schedule)they cant get out because all the roads and airports are closed, you could imagine how scared im am right now, i could be the only one left in my whole family for all i know
ps ossetians are muslim refugees from middle east, stalin let them be there when USSR invaded afganistan so once soviet uniot broke up georgians demanded that osstinans accept to be georgian citizens or leave the place. that is when they started to want to be independent
from us. we've been in war ever since |
I'm not well educated about this conflict at all, so this was interesting to read, thx 
Good luck with your family.
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