The Scientific States wrote:Nobel Peace Prize for Putin?
The man who suppresses free speech, makes journalists disappear, the man who oversaw the invasion of Georgia, the man who hates homosexuality now deserves a peace prize?
I don't think so.
Oh, I'm sorry, were we supposed to send Saakashvili a thank you letter for ruthlessly killing our civilians and peacekeepers? Oh wait, no. We were supposed to write a sternly worded resolution, amirite?
The Scientific States wrote:Imperial Nilfgaard wrote:The whole invasion thing was kinda justified if you think about it (plus that was technically under Medvedev's watch)
The other stuff is ancillary compared to what he prevented in Syria.
The invasion was carried out during Putin's last few months in office. Plus the invasion wasn't justified, they simply wanted to make sure South Ossetia didn't become independent or what we.
Actually, the initial response was justified, but facts don't matter to some when they're talking about the Ossetian War. All they see is "Putin bad!", facts be damned! The second part of the response was Russia overreacting. Don't want us to overreact? Don't attack us. We're tired of being attacked, and will overreact if you start shit with us. Signed, Russians.
Sauce:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8281990.stmSeriously, as a Russian, aside from rebuilding the housing that was destroyed as a result of the war, which we spent $611 million on, helping out the wounded after the war, which we did, I don't particularly feel apologetic.
The conflict erupted on 7 August 2008, as Georgia shelled the breakaway region of South Ossetia, in an attempt to regain control over it. The previous months had seen a series of clashes. Russian forces quickly repelled the assault, and pushed further into Georgia. The conflict lasted for five days before a ceasefire was agreed. Russia pulled back, but built up its military presence in both South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
That's from BBC. They weren't exactly pro-Russian on the war. I can find other sources if you like.
Frisivisia wrote:Because who cares about the fact that the US had a very large part in the proceedings and its actions are what caused the peace deal to be reached or the fact that Putin is an oppressive, warmongering, corrupt, authoritarian, gay-hating bastard?
Warmongering? Seriously?
Greater Vayland wrote:My girlfriend, whose family hails from Grozny, would beg to disagree.
Which year did she leave Grozny?