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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 12:00 PM
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Statement from Medvedev:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/08/08/sot.medvedev.ap

I'm getting a bad feeling about this. Does Georgia or South Ossetia even have a military of any consequence with which to fight back?

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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 12:04 PM
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1. I don't think so - Russian "peacekeepers" there, big oil issue
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 12:07 PM
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2. Well, they have 2000 troops in Iraq
At least they did in 2007.
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SidneyCarton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 12:11 PM
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4. Georgia has a NATO trained army
But it is rather small in comparison to the Russians. Considering the typical Russian tactics of Blowing the living hell out of everything and then just throwing bodies at the problem until the enemy collapses (Hell, it's always worked before, right?) I don't give Georgia a whole lot of hope, particularly as Russia has 25 times the population.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 12:46 PM
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5. They are pulling those troops from Iraq to fight Russia.
And, they are betting that the US&UK will be there to assist them.
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jayfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 12:11 PM
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3. Some Info.
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