Freedom Fries, or Follow The Money?
Russia is selling oil to Europe. Russia stands to lose if the pipeline is shut down. The Americans are trying to play peace police in the world, and protecting their allies in Europe, so they stand behind Georgia’s president. The two rebel provinces have been claiming independence from Georgia for a long time, so why is it just now that Georgia decided to invade those breakaway provinces? Is it because some 30,000 people have fled South Ossetia and Abkhazia, left to the safety and protection of Russia? Why is it just now that Mikheil Saaskashvili decided to invade these territories – and during the Olympic Games as well?
The Americans are there to protect the flow of oil and because the Russians are backing the people of South Ossetia. This is about the same as the U.S. Civil war, where North and South Carolina were on opposite sides of the dividing lines. North Ossetia is in Russia, South Ossetia is wearing the rebel colors, struggling to be free of Georgia. It seems entirely reasonable that they should be allowed to go back home, and to be able to govern themselves as they see fit. If America is for Freedom, maybe it’s time for America to start supporting the victims in South Ossetia instead of covering their friends’ oil supply line.
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