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flt bird: [Stopped at “when Russia moved to annex Georgia”.

No they didn’t. The conflict was over South Ossetia. Georgia attacked it first.]

The Russians were moving towards overrunning all of Georgia. The Dubya stepped in, and the Russians pulled back. South Ossetia is Georgian territory.

73 posted on 05/01/2024 5:23:53 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)

The Russians were moving towards overrunning all of Georgia. The Dubya stepped in, and the Russians pulled back. South Ossetia is Georgian territory.

Again, no they weren't. Georgia attacked the ethnic Russian minority in South Ossetia very much against Washington's advice. It was a really dumb move and the Russians were waiting for them. Not surprisingly the Georgians got spanked good and hard and learned not to do it again. Putin never had any intention of taking over Georgia. The intent was to teach them a lesson - don't poke the bear - which he entirely succeeded in doing.