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Originally Posted by lungs
I'll concede the Russians went too far, but the original scope of the mission and the annexation of Georgian territory was completely justified in my mind.
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Please explain why annexation of Georgian territory was "completely justified"??
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Perhaps Georgia should have chosen the diplomacy route since they were the ones that initiated the aggression and paid a very steep price.
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Yes. It was just a coincidence that Russia had a large invasion force ready to roll as soon as the "incident" occur, and immediately began the invasion. There is, of course, no possibility that they played a large part in inciting Georgia to do what they did.
Of course, I'm not saying that what Georgia did was the right move; clearly it wasn't, and it was exactly what Russia wanted and expected them to do. But I honestly can't for the life of me see how you can consider their actions justified, given how much they have encouraged and incited the problems between Georgia and South Ossetia.