This has happened before.
To: Alter Kaker
Why did Tbilisi get the works
That’s no one’s business but the Turks
2 posted on
08/10/2008 2:07:36 PM PDT by
dfwgator
( This tag blank until football season.)
To: Alter Kaker
Well, this time the Turks don’t care too much for the Bolsheviks.
3 posted on
08/10/2008 2:08:30 PM PDT by
randomhero97
("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
To: Alter Kaker
In 1921, the Russians moved in after a phony border dispute between Georgians and an ethnic minority (the Armenians), ostensibly in order to assist the Armenians. Western Powers issued strongly worded protests, but did nothing.
4 posted on
08/10/2008 2:10:24 PM PDT by
Alter Kaker
(Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
To: Alter Kaker
Okay, the mention of ‘Constantinople’ and ‘Bolsheviks’ had me scratching my head for a few seconds until I looked at the date.
6 posted on
08/10/2008 2:25:51 PM PDT by
eclecticEel
(men who believe deeply in something, even wrong, usually triumph over men who believe in nothing)
To: Alter Kaker
8 posted on
08/10/2008 2:41:15 PM PDT by
MarMema
(Tavisuplebas dideba!)
To: Alter Kaker
They say history repeats itself. I seem to remember back in my high school days Russia did this very thing in Hungary and the results were not good and lasted a very long time.
9 posted on
08/10/2008 2:54:49 PM PDT by
fish hawk
(a taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Col. Sanders)
To: Alter Kaker
The Ossetians sided with the Bolsheviks then, and they are still on their side today.
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