[Riodacat]

Unlike in Chechnya, apparently, religion isn’t a big deal in this one—all parties are generally various flavors of Orthodox Christians. This is a territorial dispute with some ethnic understones, at least as I understand it—and who can understand anything, really, in places like the Balkans and the Caucasus? The grudges and ethnic blood feuds there go back hundreds of years. They make the back-and-forth banter around here about the “War of Northern Aggression” look like child’s play.

Sounds just like the kind of thing we generally like to get ourselves in the middle of... ;)

[tumblindice]

There are plenty of `sabre-rattlers’ around today. Following the French and German experiences a saying was coined: ‘Russia is a lot easier to get into than out of.’
We have never fought the Russians/Soviets and the reason is obvious to anyone with a room temperature IQ or higher.

[tumblindice]

However, as a postscript, I might—I say, I say—I might just be willin’ to roll the dice on a `War between the States’ II/Redux.
Why, this whole federalism (snort!) rigamorole has gotten entirely—I say, suh—entirely out of hand! Fie and fiddlesticks!
So as far as sabre-rattlin’ goes, why—look at me when I’m talkin’ to ya boy, there you go—ah say, why go all the way `round the world when this heah might be as good a place as any to start a-warrin’ and such. . .