U.S., Allies Weigh Punishment for Russia

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Originally Posted by texas grass

what about punishment for georgia?
georgia uses american and israeli military equipment(planes and tanks) and bombs the capital of south ossetia and kills from 1000-1500 civillians that are defenseless and they kill a few and injure afew russian un mandated peacekeepers.
russia rushes in and defends south ossetia(which hold russian citizenship and un mandated peacekeepers) and bombs afew military and other instillations in georgia proper. they kill about 130 mainly military and some civillians.

1000-1500 civillian killed! is this true? i admit i don't know much about the situation over there but my thinking all along has been at least the Russian peace keepers stopped this genocide. to me this is not a whole lot different than Kosovo, just with the tables turned. the neo-cons are going ape shit with talk of the new soviet union being formed but the reality is that the Georgia/Russia border was never fully reconciled after the break up of the Soviet Union. This is why Georgia was not eligible for NATO membership. I say if Kosovo can be its own independent nation then why not these two provinces, too? Hell, for that matter, why can't California go independent? ;)