Russo-Georgian war poll

[JVS]

Who are you rooting for?

[Zynx]

1. Neither one. This is stupid.

[JVS]

2. Well, duh! Of course it's stupid. But who do you want to win?

[Zynx]

9. That's like asking who I would have wanted to win when WWI began.

It's irrelevant.

[mikelgb]

3. the innocent people n/t

[bluestateguy]

4. I have no position. I am neutral.

The US should try that once in awhile.

[Critters2]

5. Georgia Tech! Oh, wait...

[emilyg]

19. Always.

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. PEACE..........which isn't on your list, this isn't a football game

Sorry JVS, really bad poll.... not voting.

[JVS]

8. Which side do you think is more capable of creating that peace then?

[MrCoffee]

7. Which side are we covertly selling arms to?

I vote for them.

[JVS]

11. The easy claim of covert arms sales is Georgia, but the that's an open secret more or less

The real covert arms sales are to Russia. They need the arms because they accidentally sold all of their arms to Iran.

[Blue_Tires]

10. i'm hoping both sides wake the fuck up and work things out without violence

but i'm just a pie-in-the-sky fool, i know...

[Zywiec]

12. and Georgia's always on my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, mind...

[TexasObserver]

13. I know many didn't like him, but dammit, I'm still loyal to Jimmy Carter!

Georgia!!

Also, the Gladys Knight song was a factor in my decision.

[SidneyCarton]

14. I vote we stay the hell out of this.

And hope that the President of Georgia has the brains to realize that he made a deal with the devil (*) who won't help him at the cost of war with Russia, and call it quits. A pity for this guy, he had potential, but now he's screwed.

[Muttocracy]

15. post in LBN about Georgia pulling its troops out of Iraq. nt

[SidneyCarton]

16. Depending on how this crap goes down...

The troops may wish they'd have stayed.

[Taverner]

17. Neither one. All wars are stupid.

War is a racket. Medvedev is trying to stir up some patriotic fervor, Georgia is trying to burn the candle on both ends - Chechenya provided a buffer from Russian influence, so they supported the rebels.

Best to stay away from two neighborhood bullies when they get in a fight.

[TomClash]

18. I was Oceania to win

No, wait, I want Eurasia - or is it Eastasia?

[tannybogus]

20. "You Can No More Win a War Than You Can Win an Earthquake."

-U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin

At the end of February 2002, Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Congressman from Cleveland, Ohio joined Jeannette Rankin, standing bravely alone and coming out against war.

http://www.advancenet.net/jscole/war.htm
:patriot:

[baldguy]

21. Who goes "rooting" for a war? This ain't a futbol game, people are dying.

[Sheets of Easter]

22. Armenia, via a run-in with a steel chair.

[Javaman]

23. I root for humanity.

there seems to be a huge lack of it these many years.

[DailyGrind51]

24. Russian nationals always treated Georgians the way Americans

treated Appalachians, like shit!

[JVS]

25. kick

[Xithras]

26. It was tough, but I'm now hoping that Georgia stops the Russians.

Both the Georgians and Ossetians have done some horrendous things over the past few decades (look up the ethnic cleansing of Georgian enclaves in Ossetia to get a handle on the modern day war crimes at work here), but I do strongly believe in self determination and the Ossetians right to determine their fate for themselves. If the majority truly do want independence or a merging with Russia, it should happen. I was sharply critical when I heard that Georgia had launched an attack into Ossetia to try and keep control of the area.

That said, Russias response has been over the top and barbaric. I'd have supported the Russians if they'd responded by sending troops into just Ossetia to back up the rebels there, but they have instead responded by bombing civilian targets and expanding the battle into Georgia proper, outside of Ossetia. At this point, the military response seems to be more about enforcing Russian dominance of Georgia than it is about Ossetia. That is unacceptable.