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Who has better reasons to drop the missile I ask?

To me, Georgia which is actively trying to find an excuse to breach UN-imposed ceasefires in Abkhazia and South Ossetia and prevent them from gaining [formal] independence has far more reasons to discredit or provoke their main obstacle in this endeavour - Russia. Needless to say, for them anything is a great opportunity to raise a fuss. They've been caught lying and making intentional provocations before. I don't see any reason to believe them again, especially given how blatantly and openly anti-Russian their present government is.

Russia meanwhile has no reason to try and provoke Georgia that I can see. However there is one possibility they'd be covering this up: the missile was intended for a Chechen militant hiding in Georgia. In which case hey. Do I feel bad for it? No I don't. I don't see America having any reservations about using their missiles on Al Quaeda in Yemen or Somalia on occasion :hmm:


At the least, spare me the jazz on Georgia being a poor democratic underdog under Russia's thumb. The country is ruled by a bunch of sorry-ass nationalists who've done their share of dirty work actively suppressing ethnic minorities on their territory and would do it again if given the chance. They constantly spew out threats and the ruling party has been actively pushing out anyone with remotely moderate views from their ranks. America seems to want them for a friend, of course, because these guys (and gals) hate Russia's guts.