South Ossetian conflict

[Ruy Horta]

Jukka,

That sounds fine on the surface, but any conflict must be seen within its own context. The variables that make up for lets say Iraq 2003 are not the same as those for Georgia 2008 or Finland 1939 for that matter. Is Afghanistan 2001 the same as Afghanistan 1978? One's violent expansion, is another's justified intervention. One's peacekeeper, is another's occupier. I see enough room to accept one action and condone another, without having double standards.

The trick is to be objective in terms of standards. The fact that hidden agendas are always accompanying the public one doesn't make things prettier nor easier. Lets be honest, one's world view will always influence one's interpretation of these events. But one can try and maintain a certain objectivity when judging the sequence of events. Even as a cynic.

BTW, a dutch RTL news camera man was killed in the last air strike on Gori before the Russian ceasefire was called.