Moscow has to take some of the blame. But it is the west's policy of liberal interventionism that has fuelled war in Georgia
Simon Jenkins
The Guardian, Wednesday August 13 2008
".....The parallels are glaring. If we backed Kosovo against the Serbs, why not back South Ossetia against the Georgians? But if we backed the Kurds against the Iraqis, why not the Georgians against Russia? Indeed, had Nato admitted Georgia to full membership, there is no knowing what Caucasian horror might have ensued from the resulting treaty obligation. Decisions which in Washington and London may seem casual gestures of ideological solidarity can mean peace and war on the ground......."
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