The Guardian a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/06/georgia-abkhazia-south-ossetia" has an article /a from the leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia criticising Western powers for taking a pro-Georgian line and not recognising their independence. It does strike me as unsurprising that NATO would be unsympathetic to the national claims of nations that achieved span style="font-style: italic;"de facto/span independent under the tutelege of Russia and with the aid of Russian military force. Russia did break international norms by intervening in the conflict between the Georgian central government and Abkhazian and Ossetian nationalists.br /br /However, the basic point the leaders make is a valid one. The Georgian government seems to be laying claim to all the territory that was part of the Georgian SSR in communist times. Given that Saakashvili's government is very anti-communist - and that he came to power following the fall of the ex-communist Shevernadze from power - it seems odd he is happy with the boundaries that Stalin and Brezhnev drew. Furthermore, if Georgians have a right to self-determination and wish to assert that right, then it seems unfair to deny the same right to Abkhazians and South Ossetians.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38622711-2446058972731703795?l=vinospoliticalblog.blogspot.com'//div
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