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2008-08-11 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by tipper 2008-08-11 04:53|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 No sh*t, Sherlock?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-08-11 10:28|| 2008-08-11 10:28|| Front Page Top

#2 This is what happens when "self determination" meets tribal sensibilities.

Wilson really jumped the shark with his self determination rhetoric.

How do you define self? Every two bit ethnic group (aka tribe) demands it's own postage stamp country.

At least the Paki-wakis are honest and call it the FATA. We should have allowed / encouraged the UN to take over the old Yugoslavia and run it as an Administered Tribal Area until all the tribes agreed that they were a country first. (Whimsical ain't I?)

This is what Iraq is struggling to overcome and they look as though they migh make it someday. We'll see.

Posted by AlanC 2008-08-11 16:06|| 2008-08-11 16:06|| Front Page Top

#3 g: No sh*t, Sherlock?

They would be equivalent if Russia gave a unified Ossetia its independence, and arranged for its admission to the UN, while keeping Russian troops in country to protect the south from Georgia. Otherwise, it's just another Russian land grab in a centuries-long tradition of such land grabs.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-08-11 17:35|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-08-11 17:35|| Front Page Top

#4 I think there is little doubt Kosovo is the justification. From the start Russian was putting out the Kosovo rhetoric of ethnic cleansing, genocide, etc.

The media is remarkably quiet on the fact Russian will now control access to Caspian Basin oil and gas (along with Iran) with all that implies for European energy supplies.

Be careful what you sow, lest you reap the same.

Posted by phil_b 2008-08-11 19:22|| 2008-08-11 19:22|| Front Page Top

#5 AlanC, I disagree and think Wilson was right. So we'll end up with a few Palestine basket-cases for every Austria and Hungary that is created. We can deal with it.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-08-11 19:52|| 2008-08-11 19:52|| Front Page Top

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