Russia Georgia War - Washington risks nuclear war by miscalculation

The roots of the conflict:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/south-ossetia.htm
Click and read!!! Russians are control frisks and they want to drive this world crazy!!! They want to control Black sea and Oil pipe line, which is going across Georgia. that is... why they do this. Most Ossetian's are Just Georgians and they are part of Georgian Blood. All is Russians!! God! why don't you punish them!!! Not all Russians of course!! Just today's Russian government!!!

Do you mean to say that your country is not on earth?

I have great admiration for Costa Rica - I have had that admiration for a good 40 years because it chose not to have a military but to use that money for its health-care system instead. But even the best of countries can produce bad seed, you are the demonstration of that fact.

Life is great. We will see who will shut up soon. :-)

I was surely never lied you see. My Country is the most Neutral ever.

If your accusations about "lies" come from "Editors" like the one above, you are living your life between drugs and crazy ideas.

What specific news back in 2001-2003 are you referring to? The war on Afghanistan was planned months before 9/11 and planned for mid-October 2001, military personnel were already in the region when 9/11 occurred. You were lied to about that war as much as you were lied to about Iraq.

Please elaborate and provide a wider explanation. And after you come up with "Iraq", please read the news again back in 2001-2003 so you can remember a little bit more.

The amount of pain to the world caused by Russia is paltry compared to the amount of pain and destruction and wars the US has caused to and in the world.

This post is ludicrous, The person that posted this has clearly showed anger against the US, Democracy and tries to brain wash people using News and the Media to forget about events that actually happen but you simply Forget.

The Human mind is easily bendable. The image that represents this story, is from a test made from France. Currently Russia does all it's Nuclear testing in Kazakhstan.

The reality here, is that Russia has caused enough pain to the world. While the rest of the cultures and humanity evolves, Russia stays in a state of War, and carries Cultural violence.

Europeans and most of the world should be rethinking how their reality would have been if either the Nazi or Russians would have won WW2. America asked Europe to create a European Union and now, it is a great Democracy that might be unbreakable.

The would is NOT to stand below Russia, and as Georgia did not kneel against Russia, so should the world.

You can find an opinion on anything from anywhere. Just look around this site people turn into Business Savvy persons when Wal-mart is mentioned.

Lesser of two evils here and the lesser of these two evils is America. Russia has psychotic demands of Georgia asking them to remove their leader from office as one of their stipulations for a cease fire. Of course that sort of has been rethought out after the world caught wind of their lame demand and they've altered it...but the fact that they asked for it is still evil.

Who are they to demand change in a process that the people stated their opinion?

It's not like Russia who has a puppet as a President while the former is pulling his strings...even as he sat at the opening of the Olympics.

here is a link to a russian news outlet. Pravada

http://english.pravda.ru/russia/politics/09-08-2008/106049-russiasaviour-0
there are always 2 sides to every story, the united states media and the truth

As biased as the media might be in the west, and as poor as the Georgian human rights record might be, I have to wonder why the Russians have sent in over 10,000 troops, with air support, into the region?

Last time I checked, that much firepower isn't generally needed to "keep the peace and protect those citizens of South Osetia who hold Russian passports" in an area that is only slightly larger than Rhode Island. And especially when it is up against a military that is, at best, only 1/10th as large in terms of personnel and material...even with any aid that the US has given it.

Now as an invasion force, tasked with taking and holding territory for an extended period of time, it is just about right...

All things considered however, I think Georgia is only the start of what is probably going to be a much wider conflict in the region. Indeed, I'd start worrying about itchy nuclear trigger fingers when (...if?) the Russians start knocking on Ukraine's doorstep.

there's a new war every day.
Bush and Cheney cannot be trusted to do the right thing.

I would not be surprised in any way to know that the real truth about war between Georgia and Russia may be skewed by the American media. "Some network reported to some network that some other newtwork was informed by some political representative from Russia, or no was it from Georgia or was it Russia? Who, what and where have never been so difficult to acertain!

If this war goes into the next and final acts- you blame the same idiots who were governing our nation during 9/11!
I wonder who that would be?

At least it's by miscalculation and not misunderestimation. If that were the case, we'd all be dead by now. Wait...

When you think that nuclear power is a good idea, you are just a button away from nuclear war.

My name is Alexey, I am living in Vladivostok which is far away from southern part of Russia and close to Japan. I am watching lots of news – European, Russian, American and Asian, including CNN. I cannot keep silence any longer and I want to say the following. I am in perplexity how CNN reviews the situation about South Osetia. CNN is saying nothing about Georgian massive perfidious night attack on the capital of South Osetia without any warning after few hours when Saakashvilly said “We are not going to use any aggression.” CNN is saying nothing about killing peace forces during that night attack. I didn’t hear anything about killing thousands of civilians during that attack by using reactive volley machines that are burning the area and killing all around and not for dotted fire. CNN is saying nothing about resolution of the year 1992 (subscribed by Georgia) about peace forces that actually stopped the war between Georgia and South Osetia at that time and are keeping peace during 16 years and patiently waiting when Georgia and South Osetia will find any solution. CNN is saying nothing about Georgian forces killing civilians in homes, basements, streets – nothing about that in the next day after destroying 10 villages and the capital Georgian forces were not allowed take off injured people and shot the caravan with such a people. CNN is saying nothing about Georgian action when they flooded a part of the city and killed many of citizens in basements that didn’t escaped. CNN is saying nothing about Russian help of saving people with camps, food and medicines and nothing about why other countries are not helping. I do not know why; probably “west” consider some human beings as “people” and some as “gun meat” for politicians.
CNN says that Russian forces came to capture Georgia, but says nothing about that they came to save civilians and push Georgian troops off the peace line where they were few days ago – that is all – nothing more. Russia respects Georgian territorial integrity, and during 16 years didn’t confess an independence of South Osetia and waiting for any peaceful agreement between Georgia and Osetia!
CNN shows medicine camps with injured people without any (ANY!!!) comments from those people, just we can hear some music in background and CNN’s comments about how those people were shot during Russian attacks – such an outrageous lie! LET THOSE PEOPLE SAY IN CAMERA THE TRUTH!
CNN shows how some reactive volley machines during night time shooting somewhere and in the background with tragedy music we can hear some CNN’s comments about Russian aggression, but nobody knows that the video is about Georgian GRAD’s that destroying villages during the first night attacks – such an outrageous lie! Just after that we can see a picture of Russian tanks – probably it works good for a “western” auditory for a brain washing – RUSSIA-TANKS – TANKS-RUSSIA – like zombing people as if such a military equipment inseparably bound with anything Russian because the pattern of a Cold War is still in minds of many “western people”, but it is no longer in minds of Russians – which is very strange to me…
Probably for some politicians it is OK to say that black is white and white is black and big Russia is an aggressor that came to terminate a small Georgia.
CNN says that Russia uses too many forces to stop Georgian “peacemakers”. I just wander who is going to calculate the amount of combatants that are needed to stop those who are killing kids at this time. Probably US will send some three super heroes from the Hollywood movie which might substitute “too many forces” that will stop the entire army of Georgia. Instead of helping the peace forces to save civilians and to push Georgian troops off the peace line the US helped Saakashvilly to bring more from Iraq – no comments, newer mind!
Sincerely, Alexey

I think it would be a vast oversimplification to say we are risking nuclear war here.

Even with Kennedy and Khrushchev in the missile crisis, the only thing that made nuclear holocaust a frightening possibility was both those countries' lack of control over their hawkish generals. Neither of those countries' leaders desired nuclear war in any way.

I don't think we're seeing that kind of instability in Russia's or even America's generals today. And as cruel as Putin is and as dogmatic and foolish Bush is, neither of them desire a repeat of the cold war in any way.

We are all aware that Bush and Co. are very evil people, anyone should be able to figure out that Bush and Co. are behind this. It involves, oil, bombs and death the elements that Bush and Co. are always promoting. Being Bush and Co make thier money on oil and bombs which result in the killing of innocent people. I hope one day America will have a leader who is intrested in peace and will at least try to achieve peace even though some other countries may not agree. I don't blame other countries for attacking America and it's intrests. With leaders like Bush and Co. constantly working on American expansionaism all over the globe, trying to control other countries for thier own GREED, can you blame them. I only hope America does not have to pay with many more innocent lives for the GREED of BUSH and Co. I also hope one day soon America will have peace and stop it's aggression towards other nations.

the worst can come but the worst can also be avoided. We have to think positive because if this really happens, it will be the end of the world. We have to think of ways to avoid a nuclear war.

Wow. I never knew this. So bush and Cheney are the source? Not surprising.

I fear the worst is yet too come, I hope cooler heads will prevail, but who. This whole mess may be by design, and in the background maybe the nuts who during the 80"s said a limited nuclear war could be survivable.