Re: Why We Haven't Been to Mars Yet

Quadibloc wrote:
On Aug 11, 2:30 am, Pat Flannery <flan...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This only proves we were right: Russia _is_ an aggressor nation, and
democratic countries bordering Russia _do_ have to worry about
aggression by Russia. Which is not a democracy, Gary Kasparov having
been excluded from the previous election by dishonest means.


By international law they might be inside of their rights in doing that,
as we are supplying aid to a country they are at war with.

By international law, Russia has invaded a country, starting the war.
It should be expelled from the UN for this.

It is a little difficult to get trustworthy information on exactly what
is happening in Georgia these days, I think that it is a little early
to state who is guilty of what. But it might very well be that Russia
isn't guilty of anything here. From my point of view:

Russia was legally inside Southern Ossetia, they had by treaty a duty
to protect civilian populations there. Thursday, when Georgian troops
started fighting "separatists", the Russians had the right to protect
the Ossetians, they started fighting Georgian troops in Ossetia the
next day. Note that those "separatists", represent about 80% of the
population of the territory. Then, when artillery shells started falling
on Ossetian cities from outside Ossetia (but in Georgia) the Russians
had the right to go and make the cannons silent. Maybe you like the
Georgians better than the Russians, but that doesn't mean that Russia
is at fault here.

Once again, trustworthy information about the situation in Georgia
is hard to get so there might be errors in the above.


Alain Fournier
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