To: henkster
They have a force of roughly 14,000 military personnel. I think that includes all the services put together.
The odds for them are... not good.
No.
Actually Russians beated Georgians at 1:1 ratio
When Georgians pushed into Osetia they outnumbered Russians 14:1.
Georgians attacked with 14,000 men (out od army of 38,000) but Russians crushed them in osetia with as much as 7,000 and 58th army deployed as much as 14,000 against Georgians.
Morale certainly collapsed rather quickly considering this whole thing only started on Friday. This just goes to show that the Chechens are a special case in the region. Their fighting ability and determination are just not matched in the region as a whole. Islam and the belief in the 70 virgins probably has a big role in that.
On the other hand the quick collapse of the Georgian military that is US and Israeli trained will have military planners in Washington going back to the drawing board.
BS. How many planes, tanks and artillery uses Russia vs. Georgia. Infantry is secondary.