Prophetic words indeed, especially since they should have been written seven years back…

I have pondered long and hard about whether to write about Russia/Georgia. There are many others – obviously including yourself – who are getting stuck into it. I have that niggling feeling that there is something being missed behind all of this.

Something like -

…is there a parallel between this and Iraq – Kuwait. Remember that Georgia broke an agreement to not move forces into Ossetia…
“The Georgian attack on the South Ossetia capital of Tskhinvali on August 8 turned this “frozen conflict,” as diplomats call it, into a hot proxy war.”

Like that Spiegel article says, the conflict “suits” both parties. It gives the Georgians the justification they need to join NATO; it gives Russia the justification for invading to act as “liberator and peacekeeper” and prevent Georgia from joining Europe.

Then you get into the “control the oil” debate; or the “typical commie” line (that you seem to support) without ever seeing the parallels.

As I said, prophetic words that could equally have applied seven years back…

But that is about my limit – so back to you…