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Re: Russia has begun its full on invasion of Ukraine (Defcon 4)
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Didn't Russia invade Georgia when the World was distracted by the Global Financial Crisis to dissuade it from becoming a NATO member and too friendly to the West?
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are all NATO members so I can't see them being next.
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Yes, the US is damned if it does and damned if it doesn't intervene!
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Apparently, it was to "coerce Georgia into peace"…
https://academic.oup.com/ia/article-...xt&login=false
Some interesting foresight in the article of nearly 14 years ago…
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Some Russian goals may be inferred: the creation of military protectorates in South Ossetia and Abkhazia; inducing Georgian compliance, especially to block its path towards NATO; and creating a climate of uncertainty over energy routes in the South Caucasus. Moscow's warning that it will defend its ‘citizens’ (nationals) at all costs broadens the scope of concerns to Russia's other neighbour states, especially Ukraine
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