Comments on: Georgia: Unfrozen Conflicts http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/31/georgia-unfrozen-conflicts/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:27:58 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stan http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/31/georgia-unfrozen-conflicts/comment-page-1/#comment-1510314 Stan Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:18:40 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/31/georgia-unfrozen-conflicts/#comment-1510314 Power should not be used in the settlement of disputes, but this was what Georgia tried to do against South Ossetia. We should seek instead to do what we believe to be right. Territorial "integrity" is not as important as the lives of people. It is not the frontiers, the territorial arrangements, that matter most; what is most important is what happens to the people within the frontiers, what kind of life future they decide for themselves and what sort of government they prefer to live under. Power should not be used in the settlement of disputes, but this was what Georgia tried to do against South Ossetia.

We should seek instead to do what we believe to be right. Territorial “integrity” is not as important as the lives of people.

It is not the frontiers, the territorial arrangements, that matter most; what is most important is what happens to the people within the frontiers, what kind of life future they decide for themselves and what sort of government they prefer to live under.

]]> By: boorbuk1509 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/31/georgia-unfrozen-conflicts/comment-page-1/#comment-1510288 boorbuk1509 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:03:31 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/31/georgia-unfrozen-conflicts/#comment-1510288 The time has come for someone to stand up to the arrogance of the US and I think that Russia should confront the Americans and NATO. I fully support what the Russians did in Georgia.The US and NATO got away with Iraq and Kosovo. The time has come for Russia to assert itself. The time has come for someone to stand up to the arrogance of the US and I think that Russia should confront the Americans and NATO. I fully support what the Russians did in Georgia.The US and NATO got away with Iraq and Kosovo. The time has come for Russia to assert itself.

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