ForumsWEPRRussia Invades Georgia!

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Crazy_Chris_84
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This is breaking news at CNN.com. Russia attacks Georgia (the country). The President of Georgia gives his thoughts and comments about this event in an interview with a CNN corespondent.

The President's video speach can be found here:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/08/08/intv.saakashvili.cnn

The story can also be found here:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/08/georgia.ossetia/index.html#cnnSTCOther1

Just copy and paste the links in your search bar.

I suggest watching the video first and then read the story.

The whole conflict started with Russia attacking civilians. If indeed Russia makes this an official war against Georgia, then for sure it would prove to be Georgia's demise.

What are your thoughts and comments?

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florglee2
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So, the mere feact I was born in Canada should completely nullify the thousands of years my ancestors fought and died for Russia, right? Please, don't be nearsighted, or attempt to debate something above your head.

crimsonblade55
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My bad,but some of us are just a little bad tempered about Russia,because of the Cold War,and so we have some issues with all communist countries,including its origin,even though they aren't communist anymore.

florglee2
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Everyone is still sure we were trying to kill them with Secret Government Super-Weapons. Sure, we were a bit harsh then, but we helped out in WW2, right? Not all of us are bad. Pretty much the only bad guy we got is Stalin.

thelistman
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@florglee2

There are tons more bad guys than Stalin. But that goes for every country as well. And on a side note, Stalin was actually Georgian, not Russian. Of course everyone associates him with Russia.

Drace
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However, Russians are not the smartest because they have tried to go against the world before

You mean the USSR? They had a revolution which started the USSR. They were brave to be the first communist state, and you say that -.-

And the Cold War was not going against anyone lol.

Pretty much the only bad guy we got is Stalin.

And as someone here said, he was Georgian.
florglee2
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If Stalin is Georgian, then Russia has a clean slate! That's the only bad guy I can really think of when it comes to Russia.

Drace
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My bad,but some of us are just a little bad tempered about Russia,because of the Cold War,and so we have some issues with all communist countries,including its origin,even though they aren't communist anymore.


Why not take some time to learn what communism is. People hold a grunge against communism but the term only and nothing more. Why not see why the USSR chose to start as a communist state?

Lol, they were not evil. Like I said, it was established after the overthrowing of the previous Russian government. Revolutionaries are not evil. Plus, red is an awesome color =D
florglee2
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Theres alot of people today that hate Communists, and yet have zero idea what it means to be a communist. It meas to live in a commune, a place where everyone shares there belongings with one another. Not evil at all.

Drace
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I had someone tell me a communist is someone who wants to take your freedom away...lol.

florglee2
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Yeah? Theres a ton of people who don't understand the term, or can't comprehend the idea, and figured since Russians are so smart and have a great military, they must be evil (even though the US is smart, and has a great military, themselves.) Thus, they decided to tell people communists were evil. It's one of the best hidden forms of racism in the world, I mean it's just not possible for everyone in Russia to be evil. We're actually a very kind and generous country. If we wanted to do bad, we'd just poison your water with Anthrax or something.

Monthstay
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If someone wants to find out the chronology or something more visit [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_South_Ossetia_War].

Drace
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The propaganda actually started between the Arms Race and the Cold War.

The SU was communist and the US was not. Perfect way to make kids think communism was evil.

And a response to "Russian's are not smart". They were the first to send the first of everything to space. It is rumored that the US did not even make it to the moon, lol.

florglee2
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Yeah, it was staged. You can tell because the American Flag was blowing in the breeze, but theres no wind in space.

TotalReview
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And a response to "Russian's are not smart". They were the first to send the first of everything to space. It is rumored that the US did not even make it to the moon, lol.


How about you quote my actual words next time? I said they are not the smartest. The reason is because they think they are unstoppable and yet we have stopped them before. Okay, now can we not put words in my mouth...?
Drace
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My response goes just as well if you said they weren't the smartest.

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