So, what are your thoughts/conspiracy theories about the Georgia/Russia War?
I would like to hear what you have to say.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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6 comments:
I think it's pretty clear that this little conflict is about US vs. Russian energy strategies.
The US has been attempting, quite successfully to encircle Russia with pro-US puppet states since the dissolution of the USSR. Russia, on the other hand, is eager to stand up to US/Western encroachments and used the case of Georgia invading South Ossetia to attempt to put the US in its place.
The energy issue is related to the pipelines carrying oil through the region. Right now, the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline runs from the resource-rish Caspian Sea at Baku, through Azerbaijan, on to Tblisi (capital of Georgia), then southwest through Turkey to the port of Ceyhan. This is important for the West because it means a steady supply of oil.
Numerous Western companies invested money to make this possible, and Russian tanks & bombs so close to the pipeline makes them very scared.
Like with any major world event, it is impossible to know all the facts, but here are two interesting bits of information:
-U.S.-trained & equipped Georgian troops killed 10 Russian peacekeepers, providing the spark that lit bonfire.
-John McCain's campaign strategist and member of the neocon PNAC, Randy Scheunemann, was a lobbyist for the government of Georgia up until May 15th.
Can you answer this Andrew? Why has the EU and UN never recognized South Ossetia as an independent state?
The reason the EU hasn't recognized it as a state is because the EU supports the US' strategy of encircling Russia so as to hold back its influence. By supporting Georgia 's attempt at keeping South Ossetia part of Georgia and not joining Russia, the EU and US keep one little plastic piece of their "Risk" game in the area, no matter how small and insignificant the piece is.
No as for the UN, its hard to say why they don't. It may be because S. Ossetia may not meet some requirements that the UN would need to be able to recognize it as a sovereign state.
Here's a good article on the issue
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20508.htm
Why is everything so intense with you Andrew?
Isn't it possible that the energy issue is just a piece of the puzzle? There's a little too much history to that region to just say "US, EU, Russian, energy conflict," don't you think?
This little conflict is a piece of the puzzle, or more like I like to call a little battle on the Risk board game, with Georgia being the US' proxy. I don't see what is so intense about that.
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