We stand with The Republic of Georgia

My friends, the evil Soviet Union has now returned, under the cruel and oppressive dictatorship of Vladimir Putin and as we speak the people of Georgia are suffering under a massive and relentless Russian attack. Approximately, seventy two hours ago, Soviet Communist Armies invaded the sovereign country of Georgia. Georgia, is a small republic on the southern border of Russia that has been striving to build a democratic country and has sought strong relations with both the West and the European Union. If there is any issue today that can unite both Americans and Europeans and bridge whatever gaps still remain from America's justified war in Iraq, it is a resurgent Soviet Union that has no problem invading innocent sovereign countries that do not pose a threat to the safety of Russian Civilians.



To give you a quick synopsis of the situation between Russia and Georgia, there are essentially two northern provinces of Georgia called North and South Ossetia. Since 1995, by way of Russian meddling North and South Ossetia have been attempting to break way from Georgia and return back to Russia. Therefore, one can ask, why not just return Ossetia back to the Russians? Just as I am diametrically opposed to Israel ceding territory to terrorists murders I am principally opposed to Georgia being intimidated by a Communist bully to cede sovereign territory that is internationally recognized by the world. What Russia has effectively done, is to take every international norm and with brute military force she is attempting to repatriate the entire country of Georgia back to "Mother Russia." I cannot stress, how dangerous this war in Georgia actually is. This is the first time that Russia has flexed its military might since the official end of Communism almost twenty years ago, Russia is on the move again and she aims to become a military force to recon with in Europe.



Quite frankly, Russia's explanation for invading Georgia is almost identical to the reasons Hitler gave for forcibly invading Czechoslovakia in 1939. Hitler claimed that German forces would invade Czechoslovakia as to protect Germans rights; that's exactly the reason that the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has given for invading Georgia. Therefore, time is of the essence. The West and Europe must organize, at this point it is unfeasible to send ground forces into Georgia, however, the people of Georgia must be given the capability to defend themselves against this Russian hoard. The United States, must initiate an immediate response by way of massive military shipments and additional support equipment to allow the Georgians to defend their country and sending those in Russia that view this as the first sign of a Russian resurgence that the world will not sit idly by while this tyrannical country marches along it's former oppressed republics and attempts to retake them by military force. Further, a new US and European Policy of Russian containment must include the arming of former Russian Republics so that other countries like the Ukraine, Lithuania, and Latvia will not fall prey to Russian Terrorism. The Soviet Union has returned, and while there can be no argument that the West did win the cold war there are elements within Russia that aspire to reach hegemony with the US and that must never be allowed. Freedom and democracy must be victorious against tyranny and communism. Let us hope that our next President, who will not be a leftist communist will be able to meet the Russians head on.



Let us all pray that Georgia will be victorious against Russia. May we see better days when tyrannical leaders like Vladimir Putin are nothing more than remnants of history.