tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983805140748093260.post3651664213417185392..comments2023-08-21T16:33:00.101+01:00Comments on the orange party: Meddling EU Must End Georgia Madnessthe orange partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08550469255117014370noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983805140748093260.post-84988219795775800842008-08-13T22:43:00.000+01:002008-08-13T22:43:00.000+01:00Hey, Orange Party, in case you haven't noticed, S....Hey, Orange Party, in case you haven't noticed, S. Osettia lies WITHIN the Republic of Georgia's boundaries. <BR/><BR/>They also had taken steps to give it wide autonomy, but the Russian inteligence services moved in and stirred up separatist rhetoric where none had existed, and then sought to provoke Georgia into a respoinse by shooting over its borders.<BR/><BR/>There's a way to gain independence (pleblicites, etc.) that are peaceful, then there's the brutal Russian way.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02988018648403707235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983805140748093260.post-19141546670787363192008-08-12T13:54:00.000+01:002008-08-12T13:54:00.000+01:00The EU has a right to stand up for small nations. ...The EU has a right to stand up for small nations. It was formed to stop war in the continent. We must stop war. Russia sand the EU are dependent on eachother they need eachother for trade and security. Russia and Goergia should join the union too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983805140748093260.post-24827862831346028392008-08-12T10:33:00.000+01:002008-08-12T10:33:00.000+01:00You're so right, Stephen. Can you imagine what wo...You're so right, Stephen. Can you imagine what would happen if, say, Albanians in Serbia tried what you're saying...err...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983805140748093260.post-7685731591167265082008-08-12T05:46:00.000+01:002008-08-12T05:46:00.000+01:00In case you haven't noticed, Stephen, Georgia does...In case you haven't noticed, Stephen, Georgia doesn't 'own' South Ossetia either - but that didn't stop Georgia invading.the orange partyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08550469255117014370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983805140748093260.post-43180812790346591142008-08-11T23:16:00.000+01:002008-08-11T23:16:00.000+01:00In case you haven't noticed, the USSR was disbande...In case you haven't noticed, the USSR was disbanded, and the Russians don't own Georgia anymore. That's what's at the heart of their frustration.<BR/><BR/>In this small world, the hostile takeover of any nation by another is not only unacceptable, it has worldwide consequenses (even if it doesn't have oil, or pipelines.)<BR/><BR/>I hope you never have a part of your country declared by rebels to be independent, then have them call upon their big friends to beat you up with their military until you accept it as fact.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02988018648403707235noreply@blogger.com