http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/11-08-2008/106053-georgia_ossetia_russia-0
11.08.2008
USA approves Georgia's aggression against South Ossetia and Russia
US presidential runoff John McCain said that Russia should not interfere
in the conflict in South Ossetia. The pro-Georgian propaganda in the US media
testifies to the same opinion. It brings up the idea that the Georgian
aggression against the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia has been
coordinated with the US administration. Nevertheless, all arguments of US
politicians and experts (Pravda.ru interviewed some of them) do not withstand
any criticism.
"We must immediately call a meeting of the NATO Council to estimate
Georgia's security and consider the measures, which NATO may take to stabilize
the highly dangerous situation," John McCain said.
"The international community needs to deploy independent and neutral
peacemaking forces in South Ossetia. Russia must immediately and
unconditionally cease its military operations and withdraw troops from the
sovereign territory of Georgia," McCain believes.
Ariel Cohen, a well-known US specialist on the Soviet Union, a Senior
Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, stated that Russia was planning the
incursion for months and that it was intended to demonstrate its hegemony over
Eastern Europe, push Mr. Saakashvili from power in Georgia and not to let
Georgia become a NATO member.
Apparently, McCain and other US experts believe that the extermination of
thousands of innocent people and the destruction of their houses can be
referred to as the retrieval of the territorial integrity.
It is worthy of note that Russia's Air Force already prevented Georgia's
aggression against South Ossetia a month ago. The situation aggravated soon
after Condoleezza Rice's visit to Georgia. It is not ruled out that Ms. Rice
okayed the beginning of the war in the region on behalf of the US
administration.
Taking McCain's remarks into consideration, one shall assume that the USA
has provided certain guarantees to Georgia. The Georgian troops would not have
opened fire on Russian peacemakers otherwise. Such battles inevitably lead to a
war against Russia. Georgia would not dare to proceed so alone, without the
support from the West. Furthermore, Georgia asked the USA to withdraw its
contingent from Iraq to redeploy the military men to South Ossetia.
The evidence to proof the USA's hand behind the Georgian aggression
against South Ossetia can be found in Western media. Western news agencies,
Reuters, for example, have been distributing countless photographs depicting
Russia's supposed atrocities in Georgia. Such photos along with adequate
headlines can be found in practically all US newspapers (The New York Times is
the best example for it). All of them unanimously accuse Russia of aggression
against Georgia, but they do not say a word about Georgia's actions against
civilians in S. Ossetia.
This war has given the US administration an excellent opportunity to
distract attention from the Summer Olympics in Beijing, which Washington
originally intended to disrupt. In addition, it would escalate the situation in
the restive Caucasus to exhaust Russia with never-ending conflicts there. In
this case the US would obtain a full right to enter the territory under the
guise of peacemaking forces and grant the NATO membership to Georgia.
Ukraine 's Foreign Ministry would not have released its anti-Russian
statement without USA's instructions either. Ukraine virtually supported
Georgia's aggression having acknowledged the right of the latter to defend its
territorial integrity with the use of military force.
A for history, the question of separatism - Georgia or Ossetia - is
disputable. It was Georgia which decided to pull out from the USSR, whereas the
Ossetians protested against such a decision.
Georgia shells hospitals and houses, killing thousands of Ossetians.
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic used to be charged with genocide for the
slaughter of several dozens of Albanians.
US politicians have not voiced an appeal to cease the extermination of
South Ossetia people. Vice versa, John McCain attempts to turn everything
upside down accusing Russia of aggression, although Russia took adequate
measures to save the Ossetians from extermination. The USA does not condemn
Mikhail Saakashvili, which is another fact to prove that the Georgian president
has won USA's approval for the war.
