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Originally Posted by GawainBS If you read the previous posts, it is rather what we've been talking about:Russia serves its own intrests and uses S-Ossetia for that. That's the point I, and I do think Galraen and Xandax, are trying to convene.

Essentially that's accurate as far as I'm concerned. One shouldn't just see this as an isolated incident, but in it's ongoing context. As I've mentioned before if you take into account Russia's previous 'form', constantly threatening neighbouring states that show a interest in joining NATO or the EU, the attempts they've made to de-stabilise neighbouring countries. They've tried infiltrating Ukraine politics, they've used economic blockade, and 'carried out maneuvers' along neighbouring borders. And of course there's the abysmal way they've behaved in Chechnya.

It's when you add the latest behaviour to the previous actions that it becomes clear what Russias ambitions are, and it's not just worrywarts like me that see it, many 'official' bodies view it in the same light, and it's a rare day indeed that David Milliband and I sing from the same hymn sheet!