More troops at border not fewer

[Martin Dietze]

Interesting that in the opinion of some countries other than Russia (e.g.
Moldovia, Georgia and Ukraine) are not allowed to restore control over
their respective territories and labled "aggressors" when trying to do so,
while Russia has always insisted on nobody even uttering a word of
criticism after them carpet bombing Grozny when smashing the Chechen
uprising.

Where's the difference? In the first three mentioned countries the
minorities who have allegedly resisted their respective governments were
Russian or pro Russian and were hence "protected" by Russia (some say:
armed and sent to the front by Russia).

Again, double standards if you've ever seen any.

By the way: that Russian politics over the last 4 centuries have lead to a
"post colonial" situation in former soviet republics now is indeed a
problem hard to come by. But as other former colonial powers' experience
has shown, the worst thing to happen is ethnic groups related to the former
colonial powers exhibiting a kind of Herrenmenschen mentality and demanding
special rights and privileges, which - if granted - would often have lead
to far-reaching consequences. Former colonies need to have the right to
form new national identities; and while basic minority rights should be
granted, they have every right to expect some degree of respect and
obedience from ethnic minorities.


On Wed, 16 Feb 2022 at 21:01, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am reporting what major and non-major media and countries are now saying.
> Phenomenological as it were. Reporting as I wrote.
>
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 2:48 PM Thomas Eckhardt <
> huebschraeuber at protonmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Am 16.02.2022 um 20:30 schrieb Mark Kohut:
> >
> > >
> >
> https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/1494027860671094786?s=20&t=XmBx8eHqgAh6YONoPA3nXw
> > >
> > > and all over the communication world, non-mainstream media I guess, it
> is
> > > being pointed out that in 2014 Russia after
> > > its troop buildup around Georgia said they were drawing troops
> back...and
> > > attacked Georgia eight days later...
> > > --
> > > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
> >
> > You are talking about 2008, I assume?
> >
> > -- An independent, international fact-finding mission headed by Swiss
> > diplomat Heidi Tagliavini was established by the EU to determine the
> > causes of the war. (...) The report blamed Georgia for starting the war,
> > stating that open hostilities started "... with a large-scale Georgian
> > military operation against the town of Tskhinvali and the surrounding
> > areas, launched in the night of 7 to 8 August 2008" although it noted
> > that "... any explanation of the origins of the conflict cannot focus
> > solely on the artillery attack on Tskhinvali in the night of 7/8 August"
> > since "... it was only the culminating point of a long period of
> > increasing tensions, provocations and incidents", and there was "... no
> > way to assign overall responsibility for the conflict to one side alone."
> > --
> >
> >
> >
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_for_the_Russo-Georgian_War#EU_Independent_Fact_Finding_Mission_Report
> >
> > It is not black and white, however much you want it to be.
> >
> >
> --
> Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>


-- 
Dr. Martin Dietze
[https://www.martins-braindumps.de/]
1. Vorsitzender
Deutsch-Ukrainischer Kulturverein e.V.
[http://www.deutsch-ukrainischer-kulturverein.de/]