WWIII diverted or only a bitter beginning?

Georgia invades S. Ossetia on Aug 7th 2008 to reclaim what they consider a rogue government. In the process of this, they killed 12 Russian peacekeepers in S. Ossetia. Russian Prime Minister, Valdimir Putin, condemned the attacks and swore to retaliate. Tanks from the 58th army began moving from the Russian border to S. Ossetia in this time period to stop Georgian movement. By August 12th, Russian forces along with paramilitary operators from S. Ossetia and Abkhazia have pushed the Georgian forces from the S. Ossetia and Abkhazia regions.

President Dmitry Medvedev agreed to a 6 point peace deal offered by the EU’s President-In-Office Nicolas Sarkoxy on August 12th. Georgia has been asking for a ceasefire from Russia since the war began, however they have not came to terms with the peace deal that EU has presented Moscow.

I am really unsure if this has stopped WWIII. What Russia was doing here is protecting their oil lines. I feel it has nothing to do with the people, but the oil. There is a huge line that runs through S. Ossetia which Russia pays a “tax” on to the break away republic. Do notice that since the 1990’s civil war in Georgia, S. Ossetia has problems with finding jobs and this is nearly their only source of income as their GDP is $15 million USD (approx. $250 per person).

Now, I am starting to believe that this was a Cold War like war game to pit the US against new Russia. US and Turkey supplied Georgia with arms. The US had trained their military forces and even had Private Military Contractors working along with them. I think the point here is that Russia didn’t like the western front getting into their sphere of influence and used Georgia and S. Ossetia to show it. Seeing as how Georgia has been attempting to get on the fast track into NATO and EU, I feel that this made Russia think that they were quickly becoming isolated with a lot of their previous Soviet countries.

Russia turned slowed down the crude oil being shipped to the Czech Republic when they joined NATO. Now, they invade another old Soviet country because they are on track to becoming NATO members.

This may have only been an attempt from the US to just divert Russian attention away from the middle east while they start working on the Iranian Blockade. I do not feel this was a good plan for the US if they actually intend on hitting Iran. If they are going to do this they will need heavy Russian support. Iran and Russia have been trading partners for years, it will be no surprise if Russia is willing to arm their military aswell.

At the end of the day, Americans need to step back and look at the overall arc of what is happening in this world. Our government is currently handling two wars, and thinking of a third. Afghanistan has a legitimate reason, Iraq is mostly about oil and the fact that Sadam was selling his oil in Euros as opposed to USD like most of his neighbors. Iran aswell has been selling its own oil in Euros, mostly to China and Russia. This has caused China to begin dumping a lot of the currency it holds in their national banks, much of which contributes to our national debt.

We have about 1,425,000 million men and women in our military right now. About 215,000 are in Afghanistan and Iraq. If we do happen to invade Iran, I don’t believe that the Iranians will roll over and welcome us with, mostly, open arms. We could be looking at a draft if this gets messy. If the draft occurs, it is quite possible that a few things happen. A widespread war in the Middle East and possibly old soviet areas, or even a new World War. I hope it doesn’t come to that, and it won’t if people would wake up from the mass media.

Most people still didn’t know about the war in Georgia, as they’re more interested in seeing the Olympics. Then the people who do report on it, are not doing so in a truthful fashion. Like how the BBC is trying to muscle up anti-Russian views in many of it’s reports, and how the Washington Post makes it out to saying it’s Russia’s fault. Russia was defending their own interests.

We need less puppets in the US Congress and more genuine people. Then maybe, just maybe our involvement in these wars will cease and we can get back to our own problems. We need to fix our government’s budget, bring down the national debt, and look for a better remedy to our currency and health care problems.

I wonder where Robert Aderholt is at on these issues.