I from Russia. We look CNN and BBS and simply we laugh at such lie from these channels. There show Tskhinvali - and speak that it Burn. Americans full liars. The given channels deform everyone.
Georgia in night since August, 7-8 has opened fire on peace city of Tskhinvali from jet instruments of rocket fire. The city is on distance of 5-7 kms from border with Georgia. Now all city in ruins, after bombardment Georgian àðòèëåððèåé August, 8. I saw this emergency staff and saw direct inclusions from military station of Russian peacemakers when on them shot a straight line. Russian very well always concerned to Georgians. And all Russian accuse Saakashvili of the GENOCIDE! Go and look that show on the Russian channel and you will understand all...
America main guilty of the given war because without its support Saakashvili simply would be afraid to begin the given war.
We shall not give unpunishedly to cut women and children. Georgians showered pomegranates in cellars where old men and children were hidden. They Fascists! At have shown on Russian TV of foreign mercenaries - africans from America (military advisers). What for there military advisers against the population of city in 25000 people?! Likely to help the Georgian militarians to distribute to ice-cream?! And it is ridiculous and very sad....
Go under the reference http://www.vesti.ru/videos?cid=15

South Ossetia = Sudetenland

Georgia = Czechoslovakia

Ukraine = Poland?

Meanwhile the usual crowd of reality deniers seek to explain away tanks crossing an international border in Europe – AGAIN!

That really is a stupid post stevenimeyer, particularly as this Russian has spent the time trying to take the wool off many of our eyes as our media are compromised as you can see.

The Georgians were trying to commit a genocide against the South Ossetians and murder Russian nationals. That much should be extremely clear to you.

Steel, before you simply react, look at what is going on:

http://newsblaze.com/story/20080811110228krzy.nb/topstory.html

http://finchannel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17911&Itemid=55

http://gizmodo.com/5035422/russian-hacker-mob-takes-over-georgian-web-during-invasion

As to Russia being the innocent party, Russia has long used the smallest possible incident to justify crossing international borders. If Russia was at all interested in peace in the region, why on earth would it have insisted upon excluding the UN from the region, instead using the far from disinterested Russian Army (a Division of the same under a Major General) as peacekeepers? That would be like allowing the IDF to police the ceasefire between Israel and Hizbollah, it would be justifiably regarded as a sham arrangement, the ultimate design underlying which would be deemed to be that of further prosecuting military objectives under the guise of peacekeeping.

I really wonder why or even how, someone could be so deluded as to believe Russia on ANYTHING to do with human rights, especially when one side consists of ethnic russians and the other side is guilty of having opted to join NATO and distance itself from Russia (costing Russia $ billions in lost foreign exchange deals into the bargain).

The world is really a lot more complex than you seem to paint it.

I never said Russia were clean on this, but certainly litte to no criticism of them can be made at a political level considering the West's aggression in several recent conflicts under complete fabrications...... and their own control and interests in Georgia. It's almost comical to see countries like ours and Condi pointing the finger at Russia when they have active interests in Georgia themselves.

stevenlmeyer

1. Analysts agree the current conflict between Georgia and Russia was sparked by Tbilisi last week when it sent troops in an effort to take control of Tskhinvali, the capital of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-11-voa63.cfm

2. Do not forgot the Kosovo! why people of kosove have the right for independance and not the people of South Ossetia?

3. We heard many lies against Iraq and we are not ready to beliebe more lies against Russia, when everyone knows who and when started the war. Proganda could be usefull in some cases but when it is very cheap then always bring negative results. It is not bad if we learn to say the truth.

4. A good lesson for America! Do you believe Georgians could start this war without green lights from USA? A small, poor country started a war with Russia, even if a person from a mental hospital could not do it! Israelis started to understand what happened and stoped any exports of military equipments to Georgia.

Antonios Symeonakis
Adelaide