War at Olympics Time..

War is always ugly, politically motivated and propaganda driven. Georgia attacked Ossetia thinking US and NATO would help them for their participation in "Coalition of Willing" and their role in access to Caspian sea oil. To their surprise and no one else's they didn't received any help.


Georgia was one of the topmost troop suppliers for Iraq war. 2000 men. From a country with population of 5 million. Till recently they were actively trying to get NATO membership.

Now, they have lost and making calls for ceasefire (have declared ceasefire from their end) in hopes that Russians do not cross into their mainland to create a buffer zone between the two regions. But it is unlikely that Russians will accept any peace resolution proposed by anybody without making the whole thing look like a huge win-lose situation.

It was interesting to see western media trying to play around the facts. They almost portrayed Russians as bad guys. Launching an offensive without any provocation. Initial articles hugely underplayed murder of Russian peacekeeping forces in Ossetia before whole conflict started.

War is always bad for the civilians. One side will eventually win but they always lose.

Links:
http://www.nato.int/issues/nato-georgia/index.html
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/war_in_south_ossetia.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7552659.stm
http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-south-ossetia-the-war-of-my-dreams/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku-Supsa_Pipeline
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea