August 8, 2008, Russia invaded Georgia a sovereign nation. Some questions to be asked. Does the size and population of a country determine its ability to be a sovereign country? Who is at fault? When can a land mass claim sovereignty? South Ossetia is barely twice the size of Wake County, North Carolina, with less than 1/10th of the population. S. Ossetia is not recognized by any other country. This country attempted to break away from the Country of Georgia. It's counterpart North Ossetia is part of Russia. S. Ossetia claims distinct culture, and therefore claims it deserves to be its own country. It decided to breakaway from Georgia, and Georgia militarily enforced it's rule over S. Ossetia. Russia decides to back S. Ossetia, and invades Georgia, yet they do not stop when they have taken over the area of S. Ossetia, they have continued on, in which marked progress is towards the capital of Georgia, as well as sent in more troops through a second region of unrest in Georgia, Abkhazia. Although it is interesting that we can call miniscule areas country? Remember S. Ossetia is smaller than some counties and has less population of some counties of STATES of a country. What would it be like if all the counties of the States in the United States started saying, HEY WE WANT TO BE A COUNTRY! Chaos would ensue...... or would it? The most interesting part of this whole debacle is the way it is covered in the news.
Here are some world news outlets and their top story as of 10pm Aug-11-2008:
REUTERS: Olympic Elites (Two SMALL hard to find links to the war in Georgia, and one small slideshow)
ABCNEWS: Bush talks tough to Russians (Two Video links to the war in Georgia)
CNN: Bush wants to alter Endangered Species Act ( One VERY SMALL hard to find link to the war in Georgia)
FOXNEWS: Targeting Endangered Species (1 midsize story about Bush's rebuke to Russia, and several small links to the war in Georgia)
CBSNEWS: Bush slams Russia over conflict ( No other stories other than main top feature)
DRUDGE: Bush warns Russia to pullback (Headlines and top left quarter devoted to war in Georgia)
BBC NEWS: Russian troops advance in Georgia (1 additional small feature article about war worrying west)
AL JAZEERA: Russia cuts Georgia in half (no other stories other than main top feature)
Islamic Republic News Agency(IRNA): [Algerian]President Bouteflika says Iran's stands praised by nations (1 small story about war in Georgia)
PRAVDA(Russian News): US Approves Georgia's agression against South Ossetia and Russia (4 Medium sized stories on the war in Georgia)
These examples show just how interesting the War in Georgia truely is to the news agencies, because even though some of the news agencies are talking about the War in Georgia, if you check the most read articles on the sites, it won't be about the war. People just don't care about thousands of people dying. This also states how hard it is to get the objective news you are looking for.
So, will Russia not stop until Georgia is reclaimed into the Country of Russia? Will the International Community help Georgia, a recognized sovereign country? They have called a special session of the Security Council, which of course Russia is a member of, so we will see what will become of this situation. It's looking pretty grim for the democratic government setup in Georgia. But it's modeled after our CURRENT form of government in the US(Facism under the cloak of psuedo-democracy), so they really aren't losing much.
Let's not watch as the world turns......
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