EU to blame Georgia for the South Ossetian war
Published: 22 September, 2009, 09:55
Edited: 30 September, 2009, 17:01
TAGS: Breakaway regions, Conflict, EU, Georgia
An independent international commission working for the EU has put the blame for last summer's war in South Ossetia on Georgia, but claim part of the responsibility also lies with Russia.
That's according to the German news magazine Der Spiegel, which has published a preview of a report from an independent EU commission.
According to diplomats in Brussels who are familiar with the contents of the secret document, the EU experts concluded that Tbilisi is responsible for causing last year's five-day conflict. However, they also believe that “Moscow escalated the conflict through its massive deployment of troops”.
The publishing of official report was expected in late July. But for now the commission wants to keep its findings under wraps until later to first present its results to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York. Only then will the EU states, as well as the participants of the conflict, be informed of the contents of the report.
The commission, appointed by the EU on the initiative of German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, is headed by celebrated Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has already complained that “some idiots say we started the war.”
The armed conflict broke out in August 2008, when Georgia started shelling the South Ossetian capital Tskhinval. Russia intervened and later recognized the republic's independence.
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I really wonder if the EU report will be on the news here in the States. If the mainstream media talks about it honestly, they will get comments from people who will ask why the sudden about-face in discussion of the Georgian war. TV news and bloggers all pretty much agreed that Russia invaded without provocation and tried to "take over" Georgia just like in the Soviet era. Glenn Beck had an interview with Saakashvili where he fawned over the Georgian prexy and almost patted him on the head and said "there, there". How will the spinmeisters handle the new EU report? I think it will be mentioned quietly on radio news at 3 a.m., or maybe buried on page 11 between all the shopping adverts, while management hopes nobody will notice.
The West especially America are well known for sowing discontent, unrest and installing corrupt dictators in many countries to suit their own interest. They talked of freedom and democracy but they murdered thousands. Check out Iraq, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia and many others. They justified all these killing of innocents in the name of democracy and freedom which any sane person will agree we can do without. They took one over year to conclude that Georgia was the culprit. Other than that what else did they do? Nothing. They are still supporting the criminal regime. They talked of human rights and lambasted other countries on what in their opinions amounted to human right abuse even though the countries concerned did what they had to do to maintain law and order. They would do well to mind their own affairs and keep their opinions to themselves and take steps to put their own house in order especially America. What hypocrites. I had a great respect for the EU and America in the past but now I despise them.
should we start again? looks like yes, we should... 1. Ossetian leadership evacuates civilians 2. volunteers from north caucasus are coming to Ossetia, get armed (surprising?) boasting that "soon Georgian State will come to its end" 3. Russian army still stays on the other side of Caucasus mountains after their training finished. 4. few days before "someone" starts provocative" shelling of Georgian villages. and that is becamind more and more intensive. 5. part of Russian peacekeepers (from north Ossetia) does not obey their commander and get involved into fighting but all this is coincidence, and it was not orchestrated from "somewhere" it's just that simple: "Its clear without any doubt, to any honest person that Georgia started last yaer war..."