While Russia and America see the conflict in abstract terms about spheres of influence and protecting allies, for Ossetians, who still recall the centuries of massacres Georgians committed against them, it is highly personal. They will still recall the Georgian massacres in the early 1920s, when Georgia was briefly independent, which exterminated up to 8 percent of the Ossetian population. Full Story »
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Very informative article on issues of the Georgian conflict that are not being covered in Western main stream media.
Coming from the Nation, there is an expected bias against current US Foreign Policy. However, Ames' point about the Ossetians is valid. Whether his profile of Saahashvili is accurate is another matter. From what I've read, comparing him to Milosevic may not be fair.
Interestingly enough, I said the same thing about the way the war was being portrayed just a day or so ago when reviewing another article. This gives a lot more depth to a more complex topic than most media are reporting on.
Newsworthy. Still, it lacks the significant information that Karl Rove visited Georgia only a few weeks ago.
This excellent story brings out background facts that most Americans following the events in Georgia ought to know. The historical background is often something many readers of US newspapers have to do without. I recommend Anatol Lieven's article in the Financial Times for Aug. 14th, "The west shares the blame for Georgia". John McCain wanted Georgia as a member of NATO even though he ought to have been aware of serious ethnic problems that repeatedly threaten civil war and foreign ... More »
The article has the potential to restore some perspective and balance in viewing the ruckus in the Caucasus. The degree of totalitarian fascism in the Georgia government is not reflected in US big corporate media. Bush/cheney try to confuse people into thinking that capitalism and democracy are the same thing, into forgetting that Mussolini and Hitler were the pinnacles of capitalism, and the antithesis of democracy. Therefore if Georgia is capitalist, bush/cheney want one to assume ... More »
You don't always expect high-quality journalism from a writer at an obscure alternative publication in Moscow, like the eXile, but Ames -- and before him, Matt Taibbi -- used that publication as a platform to move on in the world of journalism. This story reflects a deeper understanding of the checkered history between Russia, Georgia and Ossetia than the knee-jerk belligerence of McCain and the Neocons. Most Americans probably couldn't locate Tbilisi on the map, and likely think ... More »
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