Barack Obama today released a statement about the Georgia Russia conflict in the region of South Ossetia in which he calls for restrating and says "Georgia’s territorial integrity must be respected..." But how do you expect the people of South Ossetia to live under Georgia in one state when Georgia attempted ethnic cleansings there? If something is right for Kosov it's right for all who love freedom.
However, first let's see Barack Obama's statement on South Ossetia conflict.
"I strongly condemn the outbreak of violence in Georgia, and urge an immediate end to armed conflict. Now is the time for Georgia and Russia to show restraint, and to avoid an escalation to full scale war. Georgia’s territorial integrity must be respected. All sides should enter into direct talks on behalf of stability in Georgia, and the United States, the United Nations Security Council, and the international community should fully support a peaceful resolution to this crisis."
The reason that authonomus region is called South Ossetia is because Joseph Stalin has devided this region and into two parts putting the Northern part under Russian (in Russia there is Northern Ossetian Republic) and the South Ossetia under Georgia. Stalin made many grave mistakes at time, such as giving Nakhichevan and Nagorno Karabakh to Azerbaijan, taking these regions from Armenia, and giving the region of Javakheti to Georgia again taking it from Armenia. Stalin also made this policy of mixing nations in Prednistrovie, Besarabia and in Central Asia.
Now these nations either want to reunited with the rest of their own people like the two Germanies deserved and reunited, or, like in the case of Nagorno Karabakh and Abkhazia they want freedom from opression and ethnic cleansing like Kosovo has.
When Mr. Obama is speaking in Berling he presents himself as the Agent of Change against the unjust establishment and appeals to the freedom loving people of the world.
Therefore, I think it's not a good strategy to make such a statement about the integrity when these people prefer to fight and put their lives then Ossetians living under Georgia and Armenias of Nagorno Kharabakh living ander the oppressive regime of Azerbaijan in one state.
Kosovo loved freedom and deserved it. The result: today we have peace in the balkans.
The international community and the major powers should look to the model of Kosov as key in solving other inter ethnic conflicts. Immediate recognition of Akhazia, Nagorno Karabakh and South Ossetia as independent republics would bring peace in the region within 3 years. It took less for Kosovo and Serbia.
The freedom is right and sweet not only for the select and for the friends of the West, but for ALL. The West would ge more friends and supports in the world if it adopted single standards, not double standards by providing favoritism and the gift of freedom only to its friends.
The people of South Ossetia, Nagorno Karabakh and Abkhazia have the same thing as it's in China called "Saving Face." The would rather put their lives and loose their face and honor by living obediently under the oppressive regimes of Georgia and Azerbaijan.
Barack Obama knows that freedom is right for all.
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#1 a Very good article. I
a Very good article. I congratulate you.
#2 What, this South Ossetia
What, this South Ossetia region is part of Georgia, no country even claims it is an independant country, what did the USA do to Afganistan after terrorist attacks, it invaded and so did Georgia.