As we were in the Middle Age, Russian is doing a mad military invasion in Georgia, bombing outside the conflict zone in South Ossetia; they had thrown bombs near Abkhazia, where the conflict could expand, in Poti, where there is an important port on the Black Sea, near Georgia’s capital Tbilisi (pretty far from the conflict zone), in Gori, where civils have been killed by explosions, and in other towns in all the territory.
My friends from Georgia told me there were bombing also near Qutaisi, one of the biggest cities in the country (it is called mamaqalaqi (მამაქალაქი), the father city, while Tbilisi is the dedaqalaqi (დედაქალაქი), the mother city) and in Zugdidi, another town near the Abkhazia region. The situation there is quite dangerous, especially in those areas near the Ossetia (were the battle begun) and Abkhazia: those regions are part of Georgia’s territory, but declared themselves indipendent after the U.S.S.R. dissolution in 1991.
The fights begun on August, 8th, while in China the Olympic Games were going to begin: everything started in South Ossetia, but Russians moved the conflict outside that zone and Georgia is actually in state of war. Are they mad? I thought we were in 2008 and we could solve such situations without using weapons, and especially without needs to kill civils and move fights outside the conflict areas; maybe not everyone is thinking as me.
U.S.A. president Bush said United States are concerned about what is happening and that Georgia’s territorial integrity must be respected. There is an online petition to help this little, wonderful country: maybe it is not such useful, but by signing it we may show something. Also before it is too late and the war could expand in other areas or in other countries.
Sign for Georgia: http://tinyurl.com/sign4georgia (Actually people have signed the petition)
This photo has been taken in Georgia these days: but are we back in 1945?
Thank you all