Muttocracy
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Fri Sep-26-08 09:21 PM
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McCain doesn't understand the Ossetians consider themselves Russians, does he? nt |
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Fri Sep-26-08 09:22 PM
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1. Nope Completely McClueless!!! |
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Fri Sep-26-08 09:22 PM
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2. and that they weren't fond of being shelled by the Georgians before Russia invaded |
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Fri Sep-26-08 09:23 PM
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3. Why do we still have NATO? |
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Fri Sep-26-08 09:27 PM
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6. Dunno...wasn't McLame also talking about creating a New LEAGUE OF NATIONs. He lost me there. n/t |
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Fri Sep-26-08 09:23 PM
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4. And that this issue goes back to Stalin and his drawing of borders |
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...in his attempt to suppress the nationalism of the different republics in the former Soviet Union.
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Fri Sep-26-08 09:26 PM
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5. They don't consider themselves Russians. |
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They have their own language, their own sense of cultural identity. Many want to be Russian citizens; that's a different matter.
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Fri Sep-26-08 09:28 PM
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7. sorry, that's what I meant - citizenship - thus the poster he was describing. nt |
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