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Old 9th August 2008, 16:52
Kari Lumppio Kari Lumppio is offline
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Re: South Ossetian conflict

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Originally Posted by Ruy Horta View Post
Also those who wish a return to the cold war in terms of military spending must be chomping at the bit to turn this into something bigger
Hello!

I hope that you are not restricting this thinking only to so called Western countries. Russian military funding was cut much more severely than, say NATO-countries.

If this crisis ends with the message that Russia is entitled to use military forces against sovereign countries in the name of Russian/"Russian" enclaves in them, then I am more than worried. Now at Georgia - Ossetia the situation and history somewhat supports Russian actions, but I sure hope this will not became a modus operandi for future.

Cheers,
Kari
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