Cantthinkofaname9022 said:
Yeah its a touchy situation.
South Ossetia in the early 90's claimed independence from Georgia, but it was never officially recognized internationally. Most South Ossetians though carry Russian passports and use Russian currency.
Anyway Georgia invaded the region because of claims that the Ossetians started the violence and now Russia invaded to protect South Ossetia, and the international community sees it as Rusia invading georgia while Russia sees it as protecting one of their own regions.
Point is its complicated and no ones hands are clean.
The problem is that Russia didn't stop at protecting South Ossetia, they moved in to Georgia. Georgia made the first move, so the guilt is there, but Russia should maybe stop at the Georgia border and remain concerned with South Ossetia's independance (or Russian alliance, whatever you want to call it) and not push forward with an all out invasion of Georgia. Last I heard though, Russia was calling for a cease fire, which is good, but like everyone has said, it is complicated.
