Heavy Fighting in South Ossetia

[Kralizec]

Can you name any other seperatist group that you support, but wich hasn't succeeded yet?

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Can you name any other seperatist group that you support, but wich hasn't succeeded yet?

I'm apathetic to most seperatist groups. I support Abkhazia and South Ossetia to a certain extent, mainly because of Georgia's current techniques in trying to suppress them, as well as supporting the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. I support the seperation of Kosovo, albiet with caution. I would probably support Tuvan seperatism as well as the Don and Kuban Hosts. Naturally, I support any nation wanting to get out of (gain independance from) the European Union.

I also support Alsatian independance from France.

The only seperatist movements I would consider myself actively opposed to are the Bavarian and Quebec seperatist movements, of which the Quebec movement is considerably more serious.

[KarlXII]

Why not Quebec or Bavaria? Aren't they entitled to independance as much as the Alsatians or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic?

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Why not Quebec or Bavaria? Aren't they entitled to independance as much as the Alsatians or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic?

I'd only support Alsatian independance because it means Germany can annex it more easily.

I have different reasoning on Quebec and Bavaria. I'm a quarter Bavarian, and I feel Bavaria has gained much from being a part of Germany, Germany gains much from Bavaria, and Bavarian culture is in no way threatened. I feel the same way about Quebec, even though I'm not Quebecois.

[KarlXII]

I'd only support Alsatian independance because it means Germany can annex it more easily.

I have different reasoning on Quebec and Bavaria. I'm a quarter Bavarian, and I feel Bavaria has gained much from being a part of Germany, Germany gains much from Bavaria, and Bavarian culture is in no way threatened. I feel the same way about Quebec, even though I'm not Quebecois.

Abkhazia ethnically cleansed Georgians during their war, so much for being repressed. I do not view the Georgia conflicts as Georgia "suppressing" the "nations", I view it as a legitimate country fighting an internal rebellion, I do not support the independance movements.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Abkhazia ethnically cleansed Georgians during their war, so much for being repressed. I do not view the Georgia conflicts as Georgia "suppressing" the "nations", I view it as a legitimate country fighting an internal rebellion, I do not support the independance movements.

In South Ossetia, Georgia is suppressing them. In Abkhazia, the situation is a little different.

[KarlXII]

In South Ossetia, Georgia is suppressing them. In Abkhazia, the situation is a little different.

Then why support Abkhazian independance on the basis of "suppression"?

I still view the South Ossetian conflict as an internal rebellion that Georgia should be able to respond to militarily. The fact that Russia is getting involved will not help the situation.