Questions are being asked all over the world as to why Russia is invading Georgia. This former Soviet

Despite pleas from the Georgian leader over this weekend for the West to denounce Russia actions, the

Union territory is being bombarded by air strikes and Russian mechanized army troops in a bid (according to the Russians) to peg back Georgia’s attempts to take over territory it is not entitled to. In addition many news outlets and commentators allude to the current price of oil as a factor. The world’s second largest oil pipeline runs throguh Geoegia, which is a democratic republic.

bombardment continues, with rumours coming to the surface that Russia is about to launch an attack on Georgia’s civilian airport, effectively cutting communications with the countries capital.

President George W. Bush has just made a statement from the Whitehouse, strongly condemning Russia’s

actions and he outlined in his statement what he wants the Russians to do in order to bring the situation under control, this includes a return to the “military status quo of August 6th”.

The Russian president and prime minister have yet to respond, however it seems they have justified their actions, claiming the Georgians have been committing genocide in the area of South

and that they have taken this action simply to reverse Georgia’s encroaching attempts to gain more territory in the area.

We can only hope that some sort of ceasefire can be brokered in order to prevent this conflict escalating into another full scale war, which doubtless will increase the price of oil still further, but more than that will see yet another region of the world involved in bloody conflict that will cost even more innocent lives.

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