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Aug 11, 2008 18:33

President Bush, little more than an hour after returning to Washington from the Olympics in Beijing, bluntly warned Russia that its military operations were damaging its reputation and were "unacceptable in the 21st century ( Read more... )

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Wow, um, it's been awhile. pinkfeathers August 12 2008, 01:58:56 UTC

Hey...we haven't spoken in a number of years, but I occasionally peruse livejournal and voyeuristically look at my friends' entries. At any rate, while I am by no means condoning the United States' military or political tactics this past couple of years, I'm not sure we were being all that hypocritical when we criticized Russia's actions ( ... )

PS. pinkfeathers August 12 2008, 02:02:38 UTC

Wow, my reply is longer than your post, heh.

Just wanted to say that I'm not sure any of this means we have any right to interfere, or to what degree we should interfere. I just know that I'm scared, and I'm trying to figure out my own point of view. Personally, I don't know what the best course of action would be; especially given that a large percentage of South Ossetians don't want to be Georgian but want to be Russian, a large portion want to be Georgian, and a large portion want independence.

It's kind of a big mess.

Re: PS. lilymaiden August 12 2008, 14:14:41 UTC

And this is why the answer on the AP European History exam was ALWAYS nationalism.

Re: Wow, um, it's been awhile. lilymaiden August 12 2008, 14:12:53 UTC

Hey Julia! Thanks for your response ( ... )