The political and religious discussions on these forums are becoming tedious. I don't say this to complain, because I would simply leave if I had had enough. It would just be nice if people would educate themselves even slightly before posting. There are plenty of people who post whose opinions I respect, it's just a pity that they're beginning to be drowned out.

 

 

 

Could add a similar rule to some other off-topic forums and add warnings for repeated posting of claims without sources/that don't exist, but discussion would die out here. A lot of posters are age 14-17 with no real knowledge of history in Europe/Russia/general warfare or political reality.

 

 

 

The average poster will think USA is superior and it's citizens more valuable than those of other nations, that terrorists are "crazy", and their country is 'liberating' every country they have military operations in. Since it's not rule breaking though, there's no way to filter out those messages, even ignorant opinions are still opinions.

Can someone explain to me why the US had to get involved? Shouldn't the UK be a more likely candidate for intervention?

You know the UK is less likely to get involved too much with something as possibly dangerous as this. And I know very little of Russia and the UK's feelings for each other; aren't you closer allies to each other than we are to them?

 

Also, I'm not sure if this is sponsored by NATO, but if it is, then we're often the ones to lead the way. I wouldn't doubt if there were some troops of other nationalities either (if it's sponsored by NATO, mind you).

 

 

 

EDIT: Well, it's a damn good thing that didn't happen, sniper. O_O

Can someone explain to me why the US had to get involved? Shouldn't the UK be a more likely candidate for intervention?

 

 

 

Georgia has been perusing close relations with the US and NATO for awhile now. The US likes them because they are a progressive democracy, and Georgia has been pushing to get into NATO for awhile, with the United States' support. Had Georgia made it into NATO when they were attacked by Russia (they were in the process of applying for membership), most of Europe, the US, Canada, Turkey and several other countries would have automatically declared war on Russia.

You know the UK is less likely to get involved too much with something as possibly dangerous as this. And I know very little of Russia and the UK's feelings for each other; aren't you closer allies to each other than we are to them?

 

Also, I'm not sure if this is sponsored by NATO, but if it is, then we're often the ones to lead the way. I wouldn't doubt if there were some troops of other nationalities either (if it's sponsored by NATO, mind you).

 

 

 

EDIT: Well, it's a damn good thing that didn't happen, sniper. O_O

 

 

 

The UK and Russia hate each other quite a lot at the moment due to spying accusations amongst other things so the UK wont get involved. From what I've heard on the news the US and Georgia were friends which is why the US has helped them.

 

And yea, be thankful Georgia weren't in NATO because that wouldn't have ended well at all. Although NATO *may* have been able to convince Georgia not to launch an offensive on South Ossetia.

 

 

 

Hopefully it will get solved soon because a war will only worsen the state of the world.

I was praying that the US wouldn't get involved, but I guess it's far too late for that now. All we can do is hope we don't make mortal enemies.

 

 

 

 

 

Not to be rude at all, but i belive the cold war already did that. :wall:

Can someone explain to me why the US had to get involved? Shouldn't the UK be a more likely candidate for intervention?

 

 

 

Georgia has been perusing close relations with the US and NATO for awhile now. The US likes them because they are a progressive democracy, and Georgia has been pushing to get into NATO for awhile, with the United States' support. Had Georgia made it into NATO when they were attacked by Russia (they were in the process of applying for membership), most of Europe, the US, Canada, Turkey and several other countries would have automatically declared war on Russia.

 

Georgia is hardly a democracy, and the only good thing which might've came out of them joining NATO was NATO managing to convince them not to launch the offensive on South Ossetia.