Question by becca: Where does America stand in the conflict between Georgia & Russia?
I need to write a short essay about this, and I have tried looking information up online but can’t seem to get anywhere.
Specifically I need to know, is it possible that another Cold War could break out? And if so, what would the implications of this be?
If I understand right, Russia invaded Georgia because their peace troops were attacked there, but I don’t know what this has to do with America.
Thanks in advance!
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Answer by m4dness
Coz America is a pussy, they pick fight with small time communists like North Korea, Cambodia, Cuba, Hongkong. And then goes in CNN telling the world, they need support to suppress nuclear warheads. Why not attack directly in Moscow? thats a big time communists up there
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teenzyla92 says
America and other countries threatened relationships with russia and it worked because they backed out
im guessing the guy calling me a pussy is a brit and in that case we bailed you out last century against the nazis and all the fighting were doing in the middle east youve been right nex to us
cuba- embargo dumba**
grenada- had american citizens hostage
2Negative says
A Western-sponsored pipeline has been pumping Caspian oil from Azerbaijan through Georgia to Turkey's Mediterranean coast. The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline can deliver up to 1.2 million barrels per day (b/d) of oil to Western markets.
But the flow has been suspended since an explosion on part of the line in eastern Turkey in August. The Georgia conflict has delayed a resumption of deliveries.
A smaller oil export pipeline runs from Azerbaijan to Georgia's Black Sea port of Supsa.
There are plans for another pipeline to take natural gas from Azerbaijan and Central Asia, via Turkey to Austria.
The EU and US are anxious to diversify their energy sources, to avoid being too dependent on supplies transiting through Russia. Moscow already controls an oil export pipeline running from the Caspian to the Black Sea via the North Caucasus.
Russian troops did not try to seize the BTC pipeline – and Moscow did not highlight energy as an issue in the conflict. But fears of instability in the Caucasus have made Western leaders and investors reassess their reliance on the region's energy sources.
The US has expressed solidarity and backing for Georgia, calling Russia's actions "an illegitimate, unilateral attempt to change the country's borders by force".
On a trip to Georgia, US Vice-President Dick Cheney said Russia's actions had cast "grave doubt" on the country's reliability as a partner within the international system.
A Q/A explaining the whole thing can be found at my source.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7549736.stm
ShadowDown12 says
We are protecting Georgia, it wont be a cold war if we fight Russia. It will turn into WWIII…