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1 | Georgia: Second anniversary of South Ossetia war | Zeorzia: Fitsingerenan'ny faha-roa taonan'ny Ady tao Ossetia Atsimo |
2 | This post is part of our special coverage Caucasus Conflict Voices. As Georgia marked the second anniversary of its August 2008 war with Russia over the breakaway territory of South Ossetia, online reaction has been mixed and largely polarized on geopolitical grounds. | Mifangaro voraka ireo hetsika amin'ny aterineto izay sady mifantoka amin'ny tontolo ara-jeopolitika ihany koa raha toa kosa i Zeorzia ka mankalaza ny faha-roa taonan'ny ady nifanaovany tamin'i Rosia tamin'ny volana Aogositra 2008 mikasika ny sisintanin'i Ossetia Atsimo. |
3 | Evolutsia, for example, looks at the conflict from a largely pro-Georgian perspective. | Mijery ny ady amin'ny fomba fijery malalaka manohana Zoerziana ohatra i Evolutsia. |
4 | […] Most experts now agree, even if they disagree on the final orientation of the region, that the war was hardly a product of 2008 alone, but had roots that went back much further. | […] Maro ireo manam-pahaizana ankehitriny no miray feo, na dia tsy nanaiky ny drafitra farany natao hizoran'ny faritra aza izy ireo, fa ny ady dia vokatry ny taona 2008 irery ihany, nefa manana fototra mbola miverina lavitra be any aoriana any. |
5 | Indeed, Russia's involvement in the Caucasus has been several centuries in the making, and the more enterprising scholar might realistically trace the roots of the August 2008 war to Czarist Russian expansion in the 18th and 19th centuries. […] | Indrindra, efa taonjato maro no nandraisan'i Rosia anjara tany Kaokazy tamin'ny asa fanamboarana, ary ny manampahaizana tampom-pahalalàna dia mihevitra ny hamaritra ny fototry ny ady tamin'ny Volana Aogositra 2008 ho avy amin'ny fihanaky ny Tsarista Rosiana nandritry ny taonjato faha-18 sy faha-19. [ |
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7 | On one hand, you have the words of US Senator John McCain, who recently declared in a Washington Post Op-ed that much has changed since 2008, but none “for the better.” | […] Etsy andaniny, manana ny tenin'ny Loholona Amerikana John McCain ianao, izay nanambara vao haingana tamin'ny Gazety Washington Post Op-ed fa betsaka no niova tamin'ny taona 2008, fa tsy misy na iray aza “ho amin'ny tsaratsara kokoa .” |
8 | On the other hand, Georgian political scientist Ghia Nodia, in a column for the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website, downplays the significance of the war and its long-term geopolitical effects. | Etsy ankilany kosa, manamaivana ny dikan'ny ady sy ireo vokatra naharitra naterany teo amin'ny lafiny jeo-politika ny mpanao politika sy manampahaizana ara-tsiansa Zeorziana, Ghia Nodia, tao amin'ny tsanganana ho an'ny tranonkala Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty. |
9 | […] “The war did not produce chaos in Georgia or provoke a serious political or economic crisis.” | […] “Tsy niteraka korontana ny ady tany Zeorzia sady tsy nahatonga krizy ara-politka na ara-toe-karena akory .” |
10 | So who's got it right? | ka iza ary izany no nanana ny marina ? |
11 | […] At worst, Georgia lost a few territories - most of which it didn't actually have before the war anyway - and took a blow to its pride, not to mention the human and material cost of the war. | […]Ny ratsy indrindra dia very faritany vitsivitsy i Zeorzia - izay ny ankamaroan'izy ireo dia tsy azy akory aza talohan'ny ady - ary dia voadona kely ny reharehany, tsy ho resahana ny tetibidin'ny fahavoazana ara-olona sy ara-pitaovana noho ny ady. |
12 | At best, the war exposed Russia's bald intentions in the region and failed to turn Georgia into a Kremlin vassal or failed state. | Nampiseho ireo hevi-dratsin'i Rosia mikasika ny faritra kosa, raha ny lafiny tsara, ary ny tsy fahombiazany amin'ny fanodinana an'i Zeorzia ho andevon'i Kremlin na ho fanjakana tsy nahomby. |
13 | Russian checkpoint, Gori, Georgia © Onnik Krikorian 2008 | Toeram-piambenana Rosiana , Gori, Zeorzia© Onnik Krikorian 2008 |
14 | Meanwhile, in New York, about 50 Georgians demonstrated outside the United Nations against what they considered to be Russian aggression against one of its former satellites, Voices from Russia reports that a candlelight mass and vigil was held in Moscow. | Mandritr'izany fotoana izany, any New York, Zeorziana manodidina ny 50 isa eo ho eo no manao fihetsiketsehana eo ivelan'ny Firenena Mikambana manohitra ireo izay heveriny ho fanafihana Rosiana amin'ireo faritra manodidina azy taloha , mitatitra ny Voices from Russia fa natsangana any Mosko ny fiambenana sy fitondràna labozia. |
15 | Everyone remembers the chronology of these events in South Ossetia by heart. | Mahatsiaro lalandava ao am-pony ny fizotr'ireo fotoan-dehibe tany Ossetia Atsimo ny tsirairay . |
16 | In the evening of 7 August, on Georgian television, Mikhail Saakashvili promised that he would not go to war, and that South Ossetia could sleep peacefully. | Ny alin'ny 7 Aogositra, tao amin'ny fahitalavitra Zeorziana, nanome toky i Mikhail Saakashvili fa tsy handeha hiady izy, ary afaka ny handry fahalemana i Ossetia Atsimo. |
17 | People went home, and, literally, within an hour, Tskhinvali was engulfed by fire from Grad rocket launchers. | Nody ny vahoaka, ary ara-bakiteny, tao anatin'ny adiny iray, rakotry ny afo avy amin'ireo fandefasana roketa avy ao Grad i Tskhinvali. |
18 | People remember how the town burned, as children hid in basements, as tanks shot at civilians at point-blank range. | Tadidin'ny olona ny firehitry ny tanàna, raha niafina tany ambanin'ny trano ireo ankizy madinika, raha nitifitra akaiky tokoa ireo vahoaka sivily ireo fiara mifono vy. |
19 | These days will remain forever in their memories. […] | Tsy ho afaka ao an-tsain'izy ireo na oviana na oviana ireo andro ireo. […] |
20 | Although perhaps both opinions arguably paint the full picture, with many people believing that Russia had provoked Georgia, but with a European Union report clearly singling out Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili to blame for the first shots fired in August 2008, Three Kings says that the war continues to be manipulated inside Georgia for internal domestic consumption. | Na izany aza, angamba nandoko ireo sary rehetra, ireo fanehoan-kevitra roa azo iadian-kevitra, miaraka amin'ny olona mino fa nihantsy ady an'i Zeorzia i Rosia, nefa miaraka amin'ny tatitry ny Fikambanam-be Eoropeana izay manondro mazava tsara ny Filoha Zeorziana Mikhail Saakashvili ho vanja nampipoaka ny fitifirana voalohany tamin'ny volana Aogositra , milaza i Three Kings fa mitohy misy milalao ny ady an-trano ao Zeorzia. |
21 | Indeed, the blog says, Saakashvili has started to turn military defeat into personal political victory with fireworks lighting up the night sky in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, to mark the anniversary. | Milaza indrindra koa ny blaogy fa , nanomboka novàn'i Saakashvili ho fandresena ara-politika ho an'ny tenany ny faharesena ara-miaramila, niaraka tamin'ny afomanga nanazava ny lanitr' i Tbilisi, Renivohitr'i Zeorzia, mba hankalazana ny tsingerintaona . |
22 | Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili pulled out all the stops to commemorate the biggest blunder of his presidency. […] | Nanaisotra ireo fiatoana rehetra ny Filoha Jorjiana Mikheil Saakashvili ho fahatsiarovana ny hadisoana lehibe nataony nandritry ny naha-filoha azy . […] |
23 | It is sad to me how Georgia continues to deceive itself in such absurd ways […] and the biggest share of the blame for that falls on Georgia's bull-headed policies towards these breakaway republics since the fall of the Soviet Union. | Mampalahelo ahy ny mahita an'i Zeorzia manohy mamita-tena amin'ireto lalan-dratsy […] ary mianjera any amin'ny politikan'ny mazan-doha any Zeorzia noho ireo repoblika mpitaky fizakàntena hatramin'nynaharavan'ny Firaisana Sovietika , ny ampahan'ny lehibe indrindra amin' ireo tsiny noho izany. |
24 | Has Russia been a helpful influence here? | Mba fakàn-kevitra manampy tokoa ve Rosia eto ? |
25 | Most certainly not. | Tsia avy hatrany. |
26 | Did they want to topple the Saakashvili regime in 2008? | Te hanongana ny fitantànan'i Saakashvili tamin'ny taona 2008 ve izy ? |
27 | Most certainly so. | Eny avy hatrany. |
28 | Were they halted from doing so by the Georgian military? | Nijanona nanao izany ve izy ireo tamin'ny fanakànan'ny miaramila Zeorziana? |
29 | Not even close. | Lavitr'izany . |
30 | Within a couple of days of fighting, […] Putin correctly perceived that he could get away with destabilizing one of the West's favorite little strategically located countries, but there would be serious consequences for a full occupation and regime change. | Tao anatin'ny roa andro niadiana , […] hitan'i Putin nazava tsara fa azony atao amin'ny alàlan'ny fanozongozonana ny iray amin'ireo faritra ao anatin'ny firenena ka manana toerana stratejika amin'ny Tandrefana izany, nefa mety hiteraka vokatra goavana amin'ny fibodoana manontolo sy ny fanovàna fitantànana izany . |
31 | The opposition has been painted as pro-Russian and Saakashvili himself can hardly utter two words publicly without dramatically illustrating all the Russian guns pointed at Georgia's head. […] | Nolokoina ho mpanohana Rosiana ny mpanohitra ary zara raha nahalaza teny roa aza i Saakashvili mba tsy hanaovana sary an-tsaina amin'ny fomba mahatsikaiky ahitana ireo basy Rosiana mikendry ny lohan'i Zeorzia. […] |
32 | Looking back at the last two years it is clear there was a Georgian winner in the August war. | Raha atao jery todika ireo roa taona lasa, mazava tsara izao fa misy ny Zeorziana iray mpandresy tamin'ny ady tamin'ny volana Aogositra. |
33 | But it wasn't the Georgian people at large, or the future of the nation. | Fa tsy ny vahoaka Zeorziana kosa aloha izany, na ny fanjakana ho avy eo. |
34 | Mikheil Saakashvili won, Georgia lost. | I Mikheil Saakashvili no nandresy, resy kosa i Zeorzia . |
35 | Mikhail Saakashvili Press Conference, Presidential Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia © Onnik Krikorian 2008 | Mikhail Saakashvili tamin'ny resaka nifanaovany tamin'ny mpanao gazety, tranon'ny Filoha , Tbilisi, Zeorzia © Onnik Krikorian 2008 |
36 | | Nanara-maso akaiky ny fampitam-baovaon'olon-tsotra i Global Voices nandritry ny Ady tamin'ny Aogositra 2008 ary ity lahatsoratra ity dia anisan'ny fandrakofany manokana ny Tatitry ny Fifandonana any Kaokazy [Caucasus Conflict Voices]. |