Local Eastern Europeans see both sides in Georgia conflict
Whether they have lived here for years or are only serving fast food for the summer, Russians and Eastern Europeans across the Grand Strand have been scouring the Internet this week for accounts about the recent conflict in Georgia.In the media from their native countries, they read accounts about the fighting that may surprise many Americans: The South Carolina-sized republic of Georgia, emboldened by its growing ties with the United States and Western Europe, suddenly attacked an increasingly independent separatist region within its own borders.Innocent civilians, including Russian citizens, were killed by the Georgian bombs, those Russian accounts say, and Russia was forced to send troops in to stop the violence.
