Cosmin Andron

In the autumn 1924, after three years of occupation by the soviets and a month after a Georgian uprising against the soviet ruling, the League of Nations hugely failed that small country when asked for help. I am afraid that today’s equivalent of that league will err again in the same way.

I am afraid that again the western powers will do what they do best: use those they call ‘partners’ in the political games just to abandon them when support without obvious gain is sought. Mr. Saakashvili’s mentioning today of a choice between a pragmatic or moral attitude having to be made is a truly appropriate observation. Somehow I am inclined to believe, probably Mr. Saakashvili as well, that the choice is already made and it’s not the moral one.

I doubt somebody is still (if ever was) truly convinced that the Russian invasion of a sovereign state has anything to do with humanitarian reasons. This invasion seeks regime change and control over an independent country. Will the world allow it?

2000 Georgian troops fought in Iraq a war that was not theirs and at this time when their country is under attack no friends seem to be in sight…

E foarte trist ce se intimpla in Georgia si mi-e teama sa nu devina si mai trist cind, asa cum e destul de previzibil, entitatea fantomatica numita comunitatea internationala va esua in a produce altceva decit vociferari cu continut vag. Daca independenta recunoscuta regiunii Kosovo e un precedent de care rusii nu se sfiesc sa se foloseasca sint curios daca USA (NATO) va avea consecventa de a utiliza precendentul atacarii Serbiei. Ma indoiesc insa…

De ce nu ma indoiesc insa e ca acest precedent se va muta aproape de casa. In masura in care in Transnistria se organizeaza deja trupe de voluntari ale caror instinct patriotic e supra-stimulat cu incentive financiare si cetatenesti si in plus de semnarea unui acord trilateral intre Transnistria, Abhazia si Osetia, nu cred ca va mai fi mult pina cind trupele sovietice, scuze, rusesti, de “mentinere a pacii” se vor reorienta spre zone din afara Caucazului si mai aproape de granitele Romaniei.

Problema este in momentul de fata a intregii diplomatii NATO si cu precadere o problema a fostelor state sovietice si intr-un ordin secundar si a Romaniei. In situatia data nu cred ca exista o alternativa diplomatica unei condamnari lipsite de echivoc a invazie exercitate de statul rus!

The opening ceremony of the 29th edition of the Olympic Games - Beijing 2008

The Chinese deserve all the praise and congratulations for the show of all shows! All their hard work and dedication deserved for it to go without a hitch and, as they hoped, i believe they did amazed the viewers.

Amazing work!