Georgia, Israel and the nature of man
Interesting analysis of implications: Caroline Glick - Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull
Legal Status of Ossetia & Abkhazia
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from Ron Humphrey
In attempting to review the situation-
Is or is not SO a part of Georgia,.....
Unfortunately (fortunately), I don't have a brief on this; but have looked at it - in a semi-objective mode.
Statement of facts requires going back to 1800's when the Russians took over the Georgian area - generally, from then till now, Ossetia & Abkhazia were autonomous (not necessarily independent) regions.
Many legal documents would enter into the picture. So, I expect plausible I Law arguments could be made on each side of the issues.
Lots of spin on all this - so, the legal status is less important than the power politics.
Posts above worth reading again, ....
in light of current events.
Ted, your crystal ball was working well. :)
Actually, you need to use the stick occasionally
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Originally Posted by
Rank amateur
"Talk softly and carry a big stick" seems to work much better than "talk tough even if you don't have a stick, or your stick is elsewhere deployed." Hopefully, we'll start relying more on diplomacy soon.
though -- or people forget you have it. That's why we're in Iraq. Four Presidents from both parties over 22 years tried diplomacy and either did not use or misused the stick. We have the stick and everyone knows it; they also know we use it reluctantly and take advantage of that, to be expected and not a big thing.
We will have achieved more from elsewhere deploying that stick than from 22 years of your diplomacy...
There is no panacea.