Looks like the Chechnyan conflict is going to start heating up.
-Trevor
Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :
Anyone know what Russia's position on the Israeli-Palestinian situation has been?
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
I believe Russia has condemned Israel everytime they've fought back along with the rest of Europe. But I'm not certain. Anyone have a link with info?
I DO know that the Russians were on the Serbs side in the in that conflict. They were always trying to stop Clinton from bombing them. (the media didn't make much of it. Russia isn't as cool as France.)
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Well, Russia has never even been loosely construed as our ally.
France, however, has been considered an ally.
-Trevor
Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :
Russians and the Serbs have always had a tight relationship. The Russians have always felt a strong connection because they are both Slavic and Russians tend to think of attacks on the Serbs as an attack on all Slavs. This goes back before WWI when Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary and Germany because they had declared war on Serbia.
I thought Russia has always been with the rest of Europe against Israel but all I know is that they haven't voted against nor abstained from UN resolutions condemning Israel.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
tmedina: umm... the Soviets were our ally in WW2 and since they returned to being just Russia, they've been more or less friendly to us.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
The USSR was our ally in WW2.
Russia of today, post USSR has never been formally acknowledged as our ally, although we're no longer in the "cold war" state.
Which is why Russia's objection to bombing has not drawn the same degree of media attention as France's objections have.
-Trevor
Posted by Jutsa Notha Name (Member # 4485) on :
quote:Looks like the Chechnyan conflict is going to start heating up.
Start? Where have you been?
Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :
My earlier comment has become more ironic in the hours since two buses were blown up in Israel.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
nfl, you may not have known about it, but the buses were blown up hours before you commented.
It was the news that greeted me (only minutes old) when I got online this morning. Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :
Well considering my comments were made in ignorance of it... Either way I can't comprehend how countries that are supposedly civilized take the position that they do.
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
Its called anti-semitism. It overrules civilized behavior :-/
Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :
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