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Russia had no choice but counterattack in S.Ossetia - Gorbachev 
18:27 | 13/ 08/ 2008 
 
 
MOSCOW, August 13 (RIA Novosti) - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
said Russia had no choice but to launch a counterattack to Georgia's
offensive in breakaway South Ossetia, but it is still possible to find a
political solution to the crisis. 
"What happened on the night of August 7 is beyond comprehension,"
Gorbachev said in an article The Guardian published on Wednesday. "The
Georgian military attacked the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali with
multiple rocket launchers designed to devastate large areas." 
"Russia had to respond. To accuse it of aggression against 'small,
defenseless Georgia' is not just hypocritical but shows a lack of
humanity," he said in the article. 
"Nevertheless, it was still possible to find a political solution.
Clearly, the only way to solve the South Ossetian problem on that basis is
through peaceful means. The Georgian leadership flouted this key
principle," Gorbachev, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, said. 
Gorbachev told the paper that the Georgian authorities could only
undertake the offensive "with the perceived support" of a much more
powerful force - an apparent reference to the United States, which has
trained Georgian troops and backed the country's bid to join NATO. 
Now that the military assault has been routed, Gorbachev said, "the
Georgian government and its supporters should rethink their position." 
Gorbachev said some Western nations' positions prevented the UN Security
Council from acting effectively at the start of the conflict. He also said
that by declaring the Caucasus region that is thousands of miles from the
American continent a sphere of its "national interest," the U.S. made a
serious blunder. 
"Of course, peace in the Caucasus is in everyone's interest. But it is
simply common sense to recognize that Russia is rooted there by common
geography and centuries of history. Russia is not seeking territorial
expansion, but it has legitimate interests in this region," The Guardian
reported him as saying. 
Gorbachev said the international community should in the long term seek to
create a sub-regional security system to make the possibility of crises
impossible, which requires cooperation with regional countries and fair
and unbiased stances of nations outside the region. 
"A lesson from recent events is that geopolitical games are dangerous
anywhere, not just in the Caucasus," he said. 
"Already, thousands of people have died, tens of thousands have been
turned into refugees, and towns and villages lie in ruins. Nothing can
justify this loss of life and destruction. It is a warning to all,"
Gorbachev said. 
Georgia and Russia agreed on Tuesday to a modified version of a
French-brokered interim peace plan, which requires an immediate ceasefire
and the pullback of forces to their previous positions. The European Union
approved the plan on Wednesday. 
Georgia's territorial integrity and the return of refugees would be the
focus of the next stage of talks, French President Nicolas Sarkozy earlier
said. 
However, Russia's military said Tuesday that Georgia is failing to
completely abide by the ceasefire and sniper attacks are continuing, and
Russian peacekeepers have to respond to provocative attacks. 
Georgia also reported the continued movement of Russian troops inside its
territory. Russia denied the reports. 
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 Russia had no choice but counterattack in S.Ossetia - Gorbachev
ho giò postato 2 articoli di Gorbaciov tradotti in italiano, ma i
soliti noti fanno finta di non averli visti
http://groups.google.it/group/it.politica.internazionale/msg/58d304b6add6c292
http://groups.google.it/group/it.politica.internazionale/msg/ded2331d544400b5