Ukraine joins Poland

[Thunder]

That's not what they've learnt from their march through Georgia. I guess the lesson will have to come another day, and in a different place.

Georgia was not a Soviet satellite..it was part of the USSR.

=)

 

[WildCat]

Georgia was not a Soviet satellite..it was part of the USSR.

=)

Oh yeah?

 

[geni]

Georgia's problem, militarily, is primarily one of relative size compared to Russia, and there's not much they could have done about that. Its soldiers are decent enough (Russian troops not being exactly stellar themselves), but they've largely been equiped to fight counter-insurgency, since that's the security problem they had up until the Russian tanks came rolling in.

Yes and no. On paper the destruction of the Roki Tunnel and some reasonable costal defences would have made russian operations somewhat harder.

The Russian troops involved were some of their better ones veterans of chenya and the like.

 

[Matteo Martini]

Closest?

Only?

Most powerful?

Look at a map.

Also note, Matteo, that Georgia is not the closest ally of the US. The relationship is not equal. Our closest allies are the UK, and Canada.

You are stupid.
I wrote "The United States is Georgia’s closest ally."
Not the other way around.
You do not understand a heck.
No time to lose with you

 

[CapelDodger]

Maybe they picked the right one. I don't know much about the military prowess of the former Soviet territories but Georgia seemed very weak and totally unorganized militarily. If they went into a different country with a better fighting force and were inflicted with many casualties Russia might be thinking differently.

Naturally they would. They chose Georgia because they could roll over Georgia like the US rolled over Iraq (both times), but on a much smaller scale.

The Georgian military was organised, trained, and armed by the US and Israel (paid for by the US). And of course it never stood a chance.

 

[CapelDodger]

Yes and no. On paper the destruction of the Roki Tunnel and some reasonable costal defences would have made russian operations somewhat harder.

Slightly less easy, at best.

The Russian troops involved were some of their better ones veterans of chenya and the like.

Chechnya is just up the road and Abkhazia and South Ossetia were "frozen conflicts", so naturally there was a rapid deployment big fist nearby, and a plan for every eventualty.

 

[CapelDodger]

Georgia was not a Soviet satellite..it was part of the USSR.

=)

I doubt that's any comfort to Ukraine.

 

[Darth Rotor]

You are stupid.
I wrote "The United States is Georgia’s closest ally."
Not the other way around.
You do not understand a heck.
No time to lose with you

When you are in a hole, the first thing you ought to do is stop digging.

Take a break, have an espresso. Then read the sentence I wrote about the relationship not being equal.

DR

 

[Matteo Martini]

When you are in a hole, the first thing you ought to do is stop digging.

Take a break, have an espresso. Then read the sentence I wrote about the relationship not being equal.

DR

Sorry for having called you "stupid"
I regret it

 

[Darth Rotor]

Sorry for having called you "stupid"
I regret it

Grazie Mille. Molto gentile.

I in turn apologize to you for being a bit nastier than I should be. I can disagree without being quite so nasty, so I'll try to do that better in the future. I also just remembered that you live in Japan, which means the chance of your having a back yard are pretty small.

DR