Do you think the Russian government wakes up each morning and repeats that phrase 10 times while looking at its self in the mirror? While I admit that I haven't kept up with the Russia-Georgia conflict (who can with NBC fawning all over Shawn Johnson and totally forgetting about the American, Nastia Luikin, that actually won the all-around gold), this article may shed some light on the subject if my following theory is correct.
Where's Georgia? Isn't that the place where the last Olympic Games were held (at least in the minds of many self centric Americans HeHeHe. I'm only kidding!) My theory revolves around the fact that Georgia is a small, poor country, that has a pro-western stance and a gov which wants to join NATO. On the other side we have Poland. A country with a long, dark history of war and suppression. But two things Poland has going for it is that history and it's "European". Let me explain. If the Russians invaded Poland like they have Georgia, the international ie European / North American response would be swift and potentially world shaking. So how do you control the actions of the Polish government without actually setting a boot in Poland? You invade Georgia. What???? You read the article didn't you? Come on tell the truth.
You see Poland agreed this past Thursday to allow an American anti-missle system to be placed on its soil (you can bet your house, if its worth anything, that the Russians knew this was going to happen a long time before it did). This anti-missle system is supposedly there to protect Europe and North America from missles launched from roge states such as Iran, Syria, etc. Russia's problem with this is that they see the anti-missle system as a threat to their power. After all if my missle's can't hit you are you going to be afraid of me? So what is a thug country to do when two of its former "allies" turnig to the evil West for saftey and security. Well the answer, as any thug knows, hit something. So the Russians invaded the small, weak soverign county of Georgia. See the Russians could kill two birds with one stone. Take out Georgia and influence Poland's upcoming decision to allow U.S. bases on its soil. All with one military action. While an action against Poland would evolve into possible war, an action against Georgia would only garner strong words and little else. Unfortunatly for the Russians their action against Georgia did not sway the Polish from agreeing to allow the systems. This has now led to a top ranking Russian general threatening Poland with a possible nuclear strike. Yes I said NUCLEAR. But you read the article right, so you already know this.
This is my theroy. Take it for what it is, A THEORY. So why do the Russians really care whether Europe and North America are trying to protect themselves from Middle Eastern missles. Money. Yes it usually comes down to money and who gets paid. How can Russia sell its technology and missles to Middle Eastern regimes if the missles would be shot down over Poland before they had a chance to effectively wipe out a chunk of the Western world. After all these missles would cost 10's of millions of dollars each and could line a whole lot of pockets in the cold, snowy Moscow nights. Who would pay all that money to Russia(ns) if the missles wouldn't hit their target.
So basically Russia invades Georgia to influence Poland's decision to allow an anti-missle system on its soil which the Russians are against because they would then not be able to sell missles and missle tech. to Middle Eastern regimes. The end.?
Sleep well.
