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As we know a stupid, unfair etc. war has broken out in Georgia. Well, no war is smart or fair. ACTUALLY NO WAR MAKES ANY SENSE AT ALL. There is no right, no wrong, no winner, only losers. Break the weapons, talk to your neighbors, fuck the state, FUCK THE SYSTEM!!! Why once in time, Russia could not forget its ambitions about being a superpower, being the most feared, the strongest, the biggest, the greatest and start thinking of bringing peace, not despair and new scars. But I guess that's wished a bit too much.
We here in Latvia know how it is to live next to Russia. That's why I admit I am subjective and I try to listen more to different views. Last weekend I was near the lake, with my mom's ex-coursemates, geographers. And of course we started to talk about Georgia. They have all been there during the study times and some also later. They know the ethnic cocktail, tensions and hot blood there. One lady's husband is Russian and he started to give a complete different perspective on what is going on in Georgia right now. About the poor Osets, who are being discriminated and mistreated by Georgian state all the time.
And that brings us to the third - how much we are being manipulated by what wind blows in the international politics at the moment and where we live, what we listen to... Of course, nowadays with the high-tech and the Internet it is harder and harder to hide the truth. But we never know the real story and facts are being picked out of the context and fed with an appropriate sauce. That's the story about my mom's colleague's husband who is probably watching the Russian news and is being fed a completely different menu. The media is very powerful. And we know very well how Russia uses their controlled media in their dirty politics. But one must be stupid or insane to believe a wolf dressed up as a lamb. Russia as a peace-keeper...still bombing Georgian territory after it announced the one-sided truce.
And that brings me to the fourth point. How the society of Latvia is now being split up on this issue. Mostly Latvians support Georgia and Russians back Russia. There is a nasty war going on on the news websites and the special website: Latvia for Georgia It is rather worrying... Russians, please open your eyes! It's not about backing whatever the government does in Russia, you may be Russian and denounce their actions.
Your brother may be thief and alcoholic, it sucks but you cannot close your eyes on it. You don't need to be like him!