[Lilith Incubus]

So. Ossetia rebels(terrorists) were shelling ethnic Georgian villages in South Ossetia. That's when Georgia responded.

I think we can dig forever to a root issue playing a blame game on this.

Who is the freedom fighter liberating his country? Who is the aggressor dominating someone elses country?

Blending cultures just doesn't work, I think most FReepers would at least agree on that.

Time to be realistic and pragmatic about this friends.

Reasoning and blame is out the window, at some point, one must accept that the basis of this unrest is cultural, and the actions of Georgia and Russia are consequential, whatever the motives and ambitions of either of them are.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"Blending cultures just doesn't work"

Tell that to New Yorkers, Miamians, Chicagoans, Los Angelenos, Bostonians, Brazilians, Canadians, Londoners, ...