[lbo-talk] South Ossetia

[Mr. X]

Ossetians (Alans) are not Georgians ethnically, they are closer to Iranian (The Georgian language and the language of the Oseetians are not related). They have a right to self-determination and it seems like they have chosen to associate with Russia over Georgia.

peace,     
Jim Davis 
Ozark Bioregion, USA 

     
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--- On Sat, 8/9/08, Eric <rayrena at realtime.net> wrote:


> From: Eric <rayrena at realtime.net>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] South Ossetia
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Saturday, August 9, 2008, 9:17 AM
> >President Bush discussed the hostilities with Mr. Putin
> yesterday in
> >Beijing, where they are attending the Olympics. The
> prime minister needs to
> >hear that using Ossetia as a pretext for imperialism
> will have consequences
> >for Russia's relationship with the West
> 
> Should we take a mailing-list pool about when Yoshie resubs
> to tell 
> us that it our duty as leftists to support Russia and the
> dreamy 
> Putin in their heroic fight against U.S. imperialism
> disguised as
> Saakashvili? Or will Lenin beat her to the punch?
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