This Georgian war diary is long, but it makes for excellent reading. No matter what side you take in this conflict, or whether you take a side at all, you will take away something from this piece, something elemental.
(Un)happy reading.
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Defuse the situation?
[...] Antonova links to a war diary by George Lashkhi, commentator on Georgia’s Channel 1, published at [...]
Wow, that is heartbreaking reading, especially since I’ve “known” the author virtually for several years. I did email him for news of his and his family’s condition, and was relieved to get an answer (on the forum as well). But I didn’t realize just how harrowing the experience was; I wouldn’t have expected him to write a lengthy mail under those circumstances. Thanks for linking to this!
My heart goes out to George and his family; like many other civilians, he and his family are pawns in a power conflict that is ambiguous and unnecessary.
Like I used to say to my kids when they argued: “I don’t care who started it, I care who stops it!”