Comments on: Who’s To Blame For The Georgia/Russian Conflict? http://deanesmay.com/2008/08/28/whos-to-blame-for-the-georgiarussian-conflict/ Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy. Wed, 23 May 2012 12:36:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: jrogge http://deanesmay.com/2008/08/28/whos-to-blame-for-the-georgiarussian-conflict/#comment-161214 jrogge Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:54:12 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/08/28/whos-to-blame-for-the-georgiarussian-conflict/#comment-161214 This is just a childish reaction to our criticism of their attack on Georgia. The claims obviously have no merit. in truth, we should have kept our mouths shut and not said a damn thing considering we're in an occupation ourselves that is controversial. This isn't our business and honestly I would like to see a truly capitalist America emerge. We should let them kill each other, and on top of that sell each side the weapons to do it. Make some cash. When they're done destroying what little they have we offer to buy that from them too. F*&k these people seriously. I am sick of us spending monetary and human resources on these f*&kers in the world. Let them eat cake! This is just a childish reaction to our criticism of their attack on Georgia. The claims obviously have no merit. in truth, we should have kept our mouths shut and not said a damn thing considering we’re in an occupation ourselves that is controversial. This isn’t our business and honestly I would like to see a truly capitalist America emerge. We should let them kill each other, and on top of that sell each side the weapons to do it. Make some cash. When they’re done destroying what little they have we offer to buy that from them too. F*&k these people seriously. I am sick of us spending monetary and human resources on these f*&kers in the world. Let them eat cake!

]]> By: Dave Schuler http://deanesmay.com/2008/08/28/whos-to-blame-for-the-georgiarussian-conflict/#comment-161198 Dave Schuler Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:33:58 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/08/28/whos-to-blame-for-the-georgiarussian-conflict/#comment-161198 "let Russia die" Could you expand on that a bit for me, Kevin? I count our aid to Russia as a couple of hundred million.  Unless you're counting the IMF bailout as U. S. aid (which would put you right in line with what anti-US international leaders have been saying for decades). There would have been a Russia regardless of what we'd done.  I think we erred but I suspect not in the way that you do. The only question is what sort of Russia would there have been?  The fears were either a period of chaos during which Russia's nuclear arsenal was up for grabs or that Russia would become a nationalist dictatorship which is much what happened anyway. “let Russia die”

Could you expand on that a bit for me, Kevin?

I count our aid to Russia as a couple of hundred million.  Unless you’re counting the IMF bailout as U. S. aid (which would put you right in line with what anti-US international leaders have been saying for decades).

There would have been a Russia regardless of what we’d done.  I think we erred but I suspect not in the way that you do.

The only question is what sort of Russia would there have been?  The fears were either a period of chaos during which Russia’s nuclear arsenal was up for grabs or that Russia would become a nationalist dictatorship which is much what happened anyway.

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