Comments on: Kosovo and South Ossetia

By: HorsesAss.Org » Blog Archive » McCain’s America

HorsesAss.Org » Blog Archive » McCain’s America — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:19:34 +0000

[...] - is rapidly eroding the trust in that power and authority. The Bush Administration’s hypocrisy between the Kosovo and the South Ossetia situations shares a common denominator with the hypocrisies over how America fights crime domestically. It [...]

By: GuideMoscow.com - Recent Top Moscow News » Blog Archive » Unvacation

GuideMoscow.com - Recent Top Moscow News » Blog Archive » Unvacation — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:28:34 +0000

[...] postsPutin’s revenge, by FP PassportKosovo and South Ossetia, by Outside the BeltwayDanger Room: Georgia under online assault, by WiredThe Russian press, by the [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:11:51 +0000

Russia warned the US and its friends to respect international law regarding Serbian territory. Know whats the problem once the pandora's box is open its to late.

By: Saratov

Saratov — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:04:40 +0000

Kosovo is similar to Georgia but, North Mitrovica is similar to South Ossetia.
As the United States Institute for Peace says, "No solution for Kosovo can last without a solution for Mitrovica."

By: Bithead

Bithead — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:10:44 +0000

I observe an article ion the Daily Mail

The war in Georgia escalated dangerously last night after Russian jets reportedly bombed a vital pipeline that supplies oil to the West.

I wonder if this doesn't explain some of their goals, here.

By: Caucasian conflict escalates « Khanya

Caucasian conflict escalates « Khanya — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:26:39 +0000

[...] more on the parallels with Kosovo, see here and here. As Art Russilo says, “The root of the problem is that the international community [...]

By: Saahuidze

Saahuidze — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:38:50 +0000

if the world will not help Georgia we will call for freedom to North Ireland and Hawaii!

By: And It Escalates… « Tai-Chi Policy

And It Escalates… « Tai-Chi Policy — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:36:28 +0000

[...] To try and understand this conflict, here’s the background on Georgia’s earlier attack, and here’s the background on the situation, and why Georgia launched such an attack. Russia doesn’t want Georgia a strong independant Democracy on its borders (and in NATO) and the Ossetia situation prevents that. This has in fact been building up for a while, in many ways since Kosovo. [...]

By: wil keepers

wil keepers — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:26:06 +0000

I am still undecided whether Kosovo was the right move or not, but I think with the pipeline and the ardent support we have got from Georgia in Iraq, we ought to do whatever is necessary short of troop involvement to rectify this situation. Perhaps some kind of power share agreement like the old Lebanese government had to ensure representation of ethnic minorities...There comes a point when you splinter so small that the new "states" created are no longer economically viable. I think here as in former Yugoslavia, this is a very real danger if we continue to allow separation to occur.

By: Russia in ‘Full Scale Invasion’ of Georgia : Stop the Propaganda / Feed the Truth

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:31:01 +0000

[...] said Russia could never accept a NATO presence in the Caucasus. James Joyner wonders whether the seeds of this conflict weren't planted years ago -- in Kosovo. "Russia warned us then that 'it will set a dangerous precedent for secessionist movements across [...]

By: Saahuidze

Saahuidze — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:45:10 +0000

I think USA must through away Russian forces from Georgia to Atlantic ocean. It is ridiculous to attack the independent country. Divide and conquer!

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:16:28 +0000

The two situations couldn't be further from the truth. Just because things are juxtaposed to each other does not mean that they are related. S. Ossetia achieved its present status in 1991. How is this similar to Kosovo?

Today it's "motherland" Georgia and not secession Ossetia that wants to rollback the situation created in 1991? How is this similar to Kosovo?

S. Ossetia achieved it's present status by ethnically cleansing the majority local Georgian population and then inviting in Russian peacekeepers to maintain what was achieved illegally. How is this similar to Kosovo?

As compared to Kosovo where the 2.1 million local population was abused for about a century and it's constitutional order destroyed by Serbia, in Georgia it's a negligible 70,000 people and the issue is territory and oil pipeline routes. How is this similar to Kosovo?

I am at a loss here.

By: Brad Freeman

Brad Freeman — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:42:10 +0000

Kosovo is not independent, not even in US eyes. It is conditially independent. Conditions being the will of the US. That's also realpolitik.

By: small dead animals

small dead animals — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:01:39 +0000

From Kosovo To South Ossetia...

James Joyner; I say that even though I was deeply torn on the question of backing Kosovo independence at the time, calling it “a classic case of the logical dictates of Realpolitik clashing with our moral positioning and building soft......

By: Analysis: Obama, McCain and The Russian Conundrum

Analysis: Obama, McCain and The Russian Conundrum — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:53:01 +0000

[...] ROUND: Be sure not to miss James Joyner’s take on the situation this morning. He ponders the question of whether or not the situation with South Ossetia was an [...]