Comments by "Jeffery Shute" (@jefferyshute6641) on "Why Georgia Fears Being Swallowed by Russia" video.
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There are distinct differences.
For one, the US foreign agents law is not a weaponized tool that is used to target and harass people. Whereas the Russian foreign agents law is used to target anyone that the Kremlin deems as an opposition or a threat to the status quo. Given time, the Georgian law will be used the same way.
Yes, the US has military facilities around the world. More than 750, actually, that are there at the request and permission of the host countries.
Our history in North America has ties with Great Britain that go back 400 years, yet neither the UK nor the US think we need to "merge."
And yes, we know Joseph Stalin was born in Georgia.
When one poll after another indicates consistently that at least 80% of Georgjans what to divorce Russia and draw closer to European integration, that speaks volumes about the will of the people.
When the elected government is not responsive to the will of the people, then the people have the right, and yes, the responsibility to replace that government with one of the people's choosing. That is how a democracy works. Of, for, and by the people.
That is not how it works in Russia or those under Russia's "sphere of influence." It always involves intimidation and violence.
Regardless of what the propagandists say, the Russian people, since the time of the tsars, have always existed as serfs to serve the collective. Whether it's the government or tsar Putin and the oligarchs, all take priority over the people and their wishes.
Georgia is European. Sovereign nations choose for themselves any alliances that want. Georgia will join NATO and the European Union after Russia is defeated in Ukraine.
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