# War starting in Georgia?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-starting-in-georgia/459272>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 8, 2008, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-starting-in-georgia/459272 "2008-08-08T11:15:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-starting-in-georgia/459272/61 "2008-08-12T06:29:05Z")

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I just wanted to plug this thread:

[http://spengler.atimes.net/viewtopic.php?t=10295&start=0](http://spengler.atimes.net/viewtopic.php?t=10295&start=0)

Because it is one of the most informative threads regarding unfolding events I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Particular attention should be paid to the posts of **fjd**.

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**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-starting-in-georgia/459272/62 "2008-08-12T06:33:11Z")

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[QUOTE=tschild]  
Not as clueless as all that IMO - isn’t this the first Russia-US proxy war after the end of the Cold War?  
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Heh, the US would have to be supporting Georgia as a proxy for that to happen.

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**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-starting-in-georgia/459272/63 "2008-08-12T22:21:37Z")

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[QUOTE=mswas]  
Heh, the US would have to be supporting Georgia as a proxy for that to happen.  
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You airlifted 2000 Georgian troops out of Iraq and brought them to Georgia, that counts for something. There are also persistent rumors of US military advisers assisting the Georgians, some of them were apparently very easy to recognize, since they were African American, and Georgia does not have any African Georgian soldiers.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-starting-in-georgia/459272/64 "2008-08-12T22:51:07Z")

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[QUOTE=Desert Nomad]  
Are there other films about public utilities?  
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[Does this one count?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087015/)

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**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-starting-in-georgia/459272/65 "2008-08-13T04:17:27Z")

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[QUOTE=Cornelius Tuggerson]  
You airlifted 2000 Georgian troops out of Iraq and brought them to Georgia, that counts for something. There are also persistent rumors of US military advisers assisting the Georgians, some of them were apparently very easy to recognize, since they were African American, and Georgia does not have any African Georgian soldiers.  
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Yes well, that’s about the least we could do. And the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ loses yet another nation. But hey, at least we still have 50 states with troops in Iraq. 😉

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