Quote Originally Posted by Sarmatian View Post
And "states" created with western backing (Kosovo, Bosnia) are prime examples civil rights, rule of law and economic development?
Bosnia and Kosavo are both better off now than they were, irrc the Kosovans want to build a statue of Tony Blair.

Italy gave Istrians (region in Croatia Italy silently consider its own) Italian passports. If Croatia attacked Italy or commited ethnic cleansing against the undesirables, you would be ok with that?
Don't you mean, "If Italy attacked Croatia", which is what Russia did, or perhaps, "If Croatia attacked Istria", maybe that's what you think Georgia did.

Is Croatia likely to engage in ethnic cleansing? Can you demonstrate that Georgia was engaged in ethnic cleansing.

I'd wager still many times less compared to Serbs and other non-Albanians who were chased from Kosovo.
You're probably right, mainly because the war didn't last as long. In any case, Kosovo wishes to be a seperate country, but South Ossetia looks likely to be annexed to Russia.

Yeah, that's exactly what it is. Two states outside NATO have friendly relations, it must be some nefarious affair, some deep plot to bring doom upon the world...
NATO basically exists because of Russian Imperialism.