IVAN MEETS G.I JOE

The Georgia and Russia dispute. Why now all of a sudden , things have been on the boil in the region for quite some time, then BANG! It’s there all over the media, images of nation fighting nation and all the human suffering that goes with it. Since the ceasefire Russian troops haven’t actually pulled out, they’ve gone deeper into Georgian territory, what the fucks that all about? They stand by while innocent people are dragged from their cars made to take their shirts and shoes off, before being driven away by the local pro Russian militias in reprisal attacks. I know this because it was shown on one of the news channels, what the fuck is that all about? Those peoples possible last look at the world is gonna not only be down the barrel of a gun, but into the lens of a TV camera, exactly the same as in Bosnia, when the West stood by as the ethnic cleansing began, powerless, or so they said to do anything. Is history about to repeat itself? Western leaders give the rhetoric, but do nothing else. Yet they were quick enough to go to war the first time against Iraq when they invaded Kuwait, and as for the present conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, well the Western rhetoric against Russia’s actions is just a case of double standards; we can do what we like, but you can’t. Russia and America are just like a couple of bullies picking on easy targets and trying to show each other who’s the toughest. Is it a coincidence that it has been announced that Poland has agreed to let the US station missiles there; that can’t have gone down to well with Ivan, so has Russia used the whole Georgia issue to show the Americans how hard they are, or have the Americans used Georgia and it’s pro West stance to show the Russians how hard they are, and don’t mess, because were right next door to you in Poland? I dunno, especially now Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has spoken and said that it was covert American operations that ignited the whole conflict. What I do know is that almost a week ago when there were demonstrations in Georgia’s capital against what was going on I saw a news report and the camera scanned the crowd, and amongst the mass of national flags, there was a banner that said ‘Ivan Go Home’ (Ivan being a US nickname for the Russians during world war 2) and now the Americans are sending aid to the area, which appears to include flags as well as food, because the crowds are now waving the stars and stripes in the Russians faces. So just who is the aggressor? America for extending its influence around the globe, or Russia for showing the world what it can do when it feels threatened by this. If countries need to battle against each other to see who’s the best, why can’t they be content with sporting competitions like the Olympics, were innocent people don’t suffer; unless the games are held in China, where the denial of freedom of speech means deportation for those who speak out against the regime and its actions in Tibet, but that's a whole other rant.