The Russians will not attack Tblisi, nor will they occurpy any Georgian territory besides the two "disputed" regions in the north.
Their incursions into Georgian territory proper are temporary and meant to neutralize the Georgian military and secure the disputed regions from attack by the Georgians.
At least, that's MHO.
If the Russians intended to take Tblisi, it would already have fallen in the blitzkrieg. It would have been easy for them.
It's apparent the stated limited goals of the Russians are in fact all then intend to achieve.
You might be right. In Afghanistan the Russians used Paratroopers & Air Assault troops to secure Kabul well before the tanks rolled in. If Russia wanted Tiblisi I suspect that's what they'd have done.
You appear to have swallowed every drop of Putin’s neo-Soviet propaganda. The Russians planned this conquest for months, if not years. They used the so-called South Ossetians as a Trojan Horse. Look at the map. Georgia can’t defend itself with a hostile Russian-occupeid S. Ossetia, any more than Czechoslovakia could defend itself after losing the territories the West told them to surrender to Hitler.
Their incursions into Georgian territory proper are temporary and meant to neutralize the Georgian military and secure the disputed regions from attack by the Georgians.
I disagree. The Russians are there now. They're not about to leave, why should they? They've gotten away with each act of aggression and nobody's going to stop them. They will occupy Georgia.
At least, that's MHO.
If the Russians intended to take Tblisi, it would already have fallen in the blitzkrieg. It would have been easy for them.
It's apparent the stated limited goals of the Russians are in fact all then intend to achieve.
you might want to do an update... cause the Russians are just rolling along. They're going to cut the country in half, get rid of the current leader or weaken him into submission, and show all the other former Soviet states what happens if you try to join NATO and mess with the bear.
This is nothing more than a land grab by a rabid bear. If the west fails to act with manly conviction and firmly put this down it is just the beginning.
How many countries around Russia have ethnic Russians living in their territory? Does a significant part of Kazakhstan belong to Russia? Perhaps Uzbekistan? Should the Ukraine lose the eastern half of it's territory because of Russian atrocities and landgrabs? Should Finland succumb to Soviet...Russian rule? And what about those territorial claims on Poland?
Further, they seem to be advancing towards Tbilisi laying the lie to your argument.
No. This is madness. If it is not checked now then millions and more will lose their lives later. The international border was set. Russian claims to South Ossetia and Azkhaban are not valid in any sense of the word. Russia is a bully and an agressor that is consolidating a stranglehold on Central Asia and the worlds energy supply. If this stands, we will all regret it.