Georgia needs to stop crying.

Alright, so sometime around August 7th - roughly two weeks ago - this country name Georgia decided to invade a region called South Ossetia, which it claims to be within its borders. The people of South Ossetia are a bunch of separatists loyal to Russia, with a good number of its inhabitants holding Russian passports. So when Russia caught wind that their people were suffering an invasion from a neighboring foreign power, it immediately rolled out with the tanks and troops and staged an all out counter-attack. The end result? Georgia destroys much of South Ossetia, a region that supposely belongs to their country, and Russia retaliates on behalf of the South Ossetians with such force that Georgia promptly shits its figurative pants.

This is the story as I understand it.

Here's what I don't.

Why are the United Nations all over Russia's ass but seem to have no recollection of how this entire debacle began? Can you call it an invasion if a country attacks itself? Where are the news stories and Presidential addresses condemning Georgia for its part in the massacre and destruction of South Ossetia? Yes, Mikhail Saakashvili, the prowestern Georgian president, is on much better terms with the US and seems to be a better overall global politican than Russia's Dimitry Medvedev, but does that necessarily mean that he can do no wrong? If Georgia is going to cry about being bullied by the mighty Russian Bear it might do well to refrain from bullying the weak itself.

I'm not saying we shouldn't sympathize with the Georgians. I'm just saying that they're far from the innocent victims the media portrays them to be.

International politics be damned!