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(VIDEO) Russia's "quiet invasion" in Georgia | 60 Minutes
60 Minutes (You Tube channel) ^ | 30 October 2023 | 60 Minutes

Posted on 11/01/2023 3:16:52 PM PDT by MeganC

200,206 views Oct 30, 2023 #georgia #russia #news

An influx of Russians into Georgia has stoked fears of war. Many also fear it could hurt Georgia’s chances of gaining membership into the European Union.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia; War
KEYWORDS: colonization; eu; eureopeanunion; georgia; invasion; nato; ruzzia; ukraine
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This is the first 60 Minutes piece I've ever linked to. It's an analysis of the parallels between the Russian invasion of Georgia and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It also speaks to the dangers of not standing up to imperialist powers like Russia when the cost of doing so is low.

Had the West stood up to Russia in 2008 when they attacked Georgia we'd not be spending billions now trying to defeat them in Ukraine and to dissuade them from any further aggressions...like towards Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania.

This is also an object lesson that any country with a significant population of Russians should take every measure to either assimilate them or force them out. These Russian populations are an existential threat to any country in close proximity to Russia.

It is also clear that Russia is a danger to many more countries than just Ukraine.

1 posted on 11/01/2023 3:16:52 PM PDT by MeganC
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To: MeganC

Let Russia give back Ossetia. Their naked theft of the region still upsets me.


2 posted on 11/01/2023 3:21:34 PM PDT by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: MeganC

Oh boy more war


3 posted on 11/01/2023 3:24:34 PM PDT by wardaddy (I have seen true anti semitism is more common in USA than I imagined. A disease in the public mind)
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To: MeganC

Georgia is the most corrupt, evil country in the world! The U.S. needs to nuke them!


4 posted on 11/01/2023 3:25:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Hahaha! I see you’ve met our local representatives for the Russian Federation!


5 posted on 11/01/2023 3:32:46 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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Mostly peaceful invasion no?


6 posted on 11/01/2023 3:39:18 PM PDT by xp38
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“Mostly peaceful invasion no?”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War


7 posted on 11/01/2023 3:45:00 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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Sorry MeganC
Georgia is not my flag, not my country, not my war, not my neighborhood.

Most of all USA is more broke (based on debt/GDP) than all major countries in the world. It is madness to borrow more and more to protect borders of foreign countries when our country has unprotected borders.


8 posted on 11/01/2023 3:45:18 PM PDT by entropy12 (Career politicians like Desantis build wealth. Trump sacrificed his wealth to serve people. GO TRUMP)
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To: MeganC

You sure do love war.


9 posted on 11/01/2023 3:52:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: MeganC

The Neocons of the U.S should never have caused this war!


10 posted on 11/01/2023 3:52:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: entropy12

Russia has no values, therefore no culture. The people don’t believe in anything.


11 posted on 11/01/2023 3:53:26 PM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: entropy12; MeganC
Sorry MeganC Georgia is not my flag, not my country, not my war, not my neighborhood.

Did you read the article? RUSSIA invaded Georgia, and your response is to blame it on MeganC and the United States? It seems like a huge logical disconnect.

12 posted on 11/01/2023 3:58:29 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“You sure do love war.”

War in response to war is not a vice.

Indifference in response to war is not a virtue.


13 posted on 11/01/2023 4:01:05 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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You are not going to be exempt from the consequences of your war fetish.


14 posted on 11/01/2023 4:10:53 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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RE: Georgia is the most corrupt, evil country in the world! The U.S. needs to nuke them!


В эту ночь в Джорджии погас свет.

English: That’s the night the lights went out in Georgia.


15 posted on 11/01/2023 4:10:54 PM PDT by frank ballenger (“My job is to inform, not to convince.” St. Bernadette Soubirous )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Nobody “loved” the Revolutionary War...


16 posted on 11/01/2023 4:18:13 PM PDT by Does so ( 🇺🇦...................."Who is Ray Epps?" should be overstamped on every piece of currency.)
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You are Russia is not going to be exempt from the consequences of your its war fetish

fixed it for ya!


17 posted on 11/01/2023 4:20:57 PM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: sauropod
Their naked theft of the region still upsets me.

I still tremble thinking about it.

18 posted on 11/01/2023 4:23:32 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: MeganC

Why is that any different or better than your sugar daddy Soros funding NGOs that encourage ‘migrant’ invasions of the USA, UK, and EU?


19 posted on 11/01/2023 4:26:27 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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To: rfp1234

*worse


20 posted on 11/01/2023 4:28:08 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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