The conflict between Georgia and Russia goes back a long way and many atrocities were commited on both sides. If you were to completely balance out the actions of both the Georgians and the Russians in the protracted history between these two nations, Russia would probably be coined the “bad guy”.
But lets focus on the latest events. The truth is that the Georgian forces attacked the break away region of South Ossetia, who were content with being a russian protectorate. The initial reports by American media stated that Russia was invading Georgia (Fox news even equated the russian retaliation to Hitler’s expansion in europe) and was portrayed as the “aggressors” in the conflict.
According to this 12 year old american girl’s account on Fox news of all places, the truth is evident and probably made the network squirm a bit.
It seems as though the mass media cannot contain the truth. For all of the rehersals, scripting, camera cuts and editing, the truth somehow manages to squirm its way from out of the white knuckle grasp of corporate run media.
This conflict is a classic example of the old addage “you mess with the bull… you get the horns”.
