world politics
Matthew Robson at 10:49am June 25
Regarding the Georgia issue, It’s a territorial dispute, not one of form of government, or specific laws….so, it’s more complicated, dealing more with state interests.
Issues of regime change, you can (selectively) at least apply the same set of ideals. With territorial disputes, there really are no ideals. It’s still just old-school military and economics.
There is no point in ‘protesting’ a border dispute using your “democratic” rights, because most states don’t explicitly build secession into their constitutions or laws :) so, you don’t have rights to determine such matters. And, territorial disputes, being the ultimate affair of state, has nothing to do with ideology of any kind, so, what ‘could’ you protest…the entire world-national system? … (that’s what I do) … They are more like partisans, since they have no (legitimate) grounds for protest. - And I use the word legitimate in it’s literal, legal meaning, not the ethical. Protesting legitimizes the protested.
