Comments on: South Ossetia: A Photojournalist's Musings On the War

By: Troy

Troy — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:19:18 +0000

So if Hitler was Austrian, does it mean that Austria is the architect of WW2?

And what you know about Stalin and Beria and what they did?! Georgian people were the same victims of them as other nationalities (also it is not Berisha, but it is Beria, Lavrenti).

Mishiko’s tie? How many times Mr. Boris Yeltsin was presented out of conscious because of alcohol? I would suggest you, Mr Nemesis, to follow your past leader’s habit and chill.

Please, if it sis discussion, let us bring some valuable arguments, not issues like “Stallin was Georgian”. Half of Mr. Obama is from Kenya. So, whatever US will do, let us blame Kenya.

Let us be more serious in discussion.

Regards

By: Mark Epstein

Mark Epstein — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:50:57 +0000

Isn’t Georgeia the country that gave the world Stalin? and Berisha? They ethnically cleansed against everyone but Georgians and in the millions.

By: Nemesis

Nemesis — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:04:41 +0000

David, follow the example of you crazy Michiko, chew your tie. This helps ;)

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:57:15 +0000

Thanks for that translation and for the link to Klimov’s pictures.

By: David Dzidzikashvili

David Dzidzikashvili — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:07:17 +0000

Russia is sick with xenophobia and bigotry and that’s why Russian politics is based on extreme forms of chauvinism and aggression. The Russians started attacking Georgian civilian villages in the beginning of August together with South Ossetian terrorists. President Mikheil Saakashvili did what any other good leader would have done: protect his people and territorial integrity of his country. As always the Russian aggression backfired at Russians and so far, Russia politically is losing this war.

Recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia? Give me a break. The Russians kicked out more than 300,000 Georgian residents over past 18 years, burnt their homes and now they want to declare these Georgian provinces as independent? Let the Georgian population return and conduct a referendum, I am sure the vast majority of residents will have different priorities.

The Russians have only shown Georgia aggression, wars, ethnic cleansing for more than 200 years. This is the reason we are trying and we will obviously join NATO. Russia never wanted peace with Georgia, the Russians always wanted piece of Georgia. But, we will not surrender. We have been fighting wars since the existence of our nation, against Mongols, Persians, Arabs, Turk-Seljuks and Russians won’t enslave us.

We will not give up our freedom, liberties or land. So I would suggest Mr. Putin and Mr. Medvedev that you respect our freedom and if you are truly concerned with small ethnic minorities’ self-determination, then recognize the freedom of all ethnicities that you are controlling with fear and terror, recognize the freedom and independence of Chechnya, Ingushetia, Daghestan, Tatarstand and all the other autonomous republics within the Russian Federation, where local residents do not even speak Russian and despise the Russian government.

Then lets talk about status of South Ossetia and Abkhazia…