Should the USA help Georgia?

[Josh/Devilman88]

I believe we should.

[2952-0-0]

Oh yes, because invading Russia with a massive army during the winter is sooooo successful...

[Josh/Devilman88]

Oh yes, because invading Russia with a massive army during the winter is sooooo successful...

One, we wouln't be invading Russia, we would be in Georgia. Two, its still summer.

[Хahar 🤔]

Hell no (D).

You silly idealists think that we can afford to piss off Russia.

[Keystone Phil]

Yes (Human)

[dead0man]

Hell no (D).

You silly idealists think that we can afford to piss off Russia.

How far would you be willing to bend to the great bear?  All of Georgia?

[??????????]

Oh yes, because invading Russia with a massive army during the winter is sooooo successful...

It did for Napoleon..oh wait

Wait..it worked for Hitler..never mind...

[Jake]

Short answer, no.

Long answer, yeah sort of, but only if the rest of the world is willing to join us and only if Russia imposes their puppet government on Georgia. It's one thing for Russia to respond to Georgian attacks by seizing autonomous pro-Russian regions. It's another entirely for Russia to impose a non-legitimate government on Georgia (not that Saakashvilli's is legitimate o/c).

[Jacobtm]

We should definitely help Georgia.

This doesn't mean invading Russia.

This doesn't mean fighting Russian forces in Abkhazia or South Ossetia.

This doesn't even mean fighting Russian forces within non-disputed regions of Georgia.

But something should be done to immediately force Russia's withdrawal from Georgia. What can realistically be done without starting a bigger war is up to NATO to figure out, but to let Russia pummel Georgia the way they are doing is just going to let them think they can go "liberate" Eastern Ukraine and bomb the rest of it whenever they feel. This really needs to be stopped before Russia gets the idea that they can do whatever they like outside of NATO.

[Хahar 🤔]

Hell no (D).

You silly idealists think that we can afford to piss off Russia.

How far would you be willing to bend to the great bear?  All of Georgia?

Not the Georgian parts. But if push came to shove, I wouldn't go to war. We can't afford that.

[The Man From G.O.P.]

We should not under any circumstances engage the Russians with our own forces, we should cart the Georgians home form Iraq if they want to get into it.


This will die down (hopefully) I don't want to discuss what would happen if Russia just decided to re conquer Georgia, but when it does die down, Georgia should be given membership into NATO, and built up with the latest and greatest.


Just like the other little guys surrounding Russia.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

We should help Georgia, yes.  Limiting our help to good old fashioned diplomacy, of course.

[MarkWarner08]

Hell no (D).

You silly idealists think that we can afford to piss off Russia.

Exactly ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Josh/Devilman88]

Hell no (D).

You silly idealists think that we can afford to piss off Russia.

Exactly ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You guys are acting like Russia is this big power country, It's not. Russia can't afford to piss us(USA) off. We can blow them off the face of the Earth if we really wanted to. The US have so many things that we don't even know of, and things we can only dream of. Come one guys think.

[Sam Spade]

I have no problem with pissing off Russia, but you have to make sure China's on your side first (or is at least suspicious of Russia).  That's not happening right now and won't happen until Russia threatens Chinese interests (which always happens sooner or later)

[Associate Justice PiT]

We should help Georgia, yes.  Limiting our help to good old fashioned diplomacy, of course.

     This. We need to put our foot down & say that we will not stand for Russia bullying its neighbors.

     We can take the boring route & impose economic sanctions, or we could be total assholes & fasttrack every one of their neighbors into NATO.

[Torie]

Basically nothing, other than yell at them, and any economic acts need to have the EU on board. The US isn't in a position to do anything anyway, and Russia can hurt us a lot more (e.g., vis a vis Iran), than we can hurt them.

[Torie]

We should help Georgia, yes.  Limiting our help to good old fashioned diplomacy, of course.

     This. We need to put our foot down & say that we will not stand for Russia bullying its neighbors.

     We can take the boring route & impose economic sanctions, or we could be total assholes & fasttrack every one of their neighbors into NATO.

We would really be in the soup if Georgia were in NATO, because it would then reveal NATO as toothless. Countries should not be in NATO if we are not prepared to honor NATO commitments.

[Associate Justice PiT]

We should help Georgia, yes.  Limiting our help to good old fashioned diplomacy, of course.

     This. We need to put our foot down & say that we will not stand for Russia bullying its neighbors.

     We can take the boring route & impose economic sanctions, or we could be total assholes & fasttrack every one of their neighbors into NATO.

We would really be in the soup if Georgia were in NATO, because it would then reveal NATO as toothless. Countries should not be in NATO if we are not prepared to honor NATO commitments.

     Yeah. Chechnya is still giving Russia trouble, right? We could secretly (or openly if we're crazy enough) fund them.

[Jake]

You guys are acting like Russia is this big power country, It's not. Russia can't afford to piss us(USA) off. We can blow them off the face of the Earth if we really wanted to. The US have so many things that we don't even know of, and things we can only dream of. Come one guys think.

Please stop commenting on things you don't understand.

[Boris]

We would really be in the soup if Georgia were in NATO, because it would then reveal NATO as toothless. Countries should not be in NATO if we are not prepared to honor NATO commitments.

Well, that plays both ways. Would the Russians have attacked if Georgia were a member of NATO? Would it really be worth it on their part to call a potential bluff and hope they're correct?

[Associate Justice PiT]

You guys are acting like Russia is this big power country, It's not. Russia can't afford to piss us(USA) off. We can blow them off the face of the Earth if we really wanted to. The US have so many things that we don't even know of, and things we can only dream of. Come one guys think.

Please stop commenting on things you don't understand.

     I like the bolded part. "We're the United States, therefore we must have all sorts of badass superweapons!"

[Хahar 🤔]

Hell no (D).

You silly idealists think that we can afford to piss off Russia.

Exactly ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You guys are acting like Russia is this big power country, It's not. Russia can't afford to piss us(USA) off. We can blow them off the face of the Earth if we really wanted to. The US have so many things that we don't even know of, and things we can only dream of. Come one guys think.

You think.

Russia has oil. And a ginormous military.

[Franzl]

Hell no (D).

You silly idealists think that we can afford to piss off Russia.

Exactly ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You guys are acting like Russia is this big power country, It's not. Russia can't afford to piss us(USA) off. We can blow them off the face of the Earth if we really wanted to. The US have so many things that we don't even know of, and things we can only dream of. Come one guys think.

This is goldmine material!

[Flying Dog]

It's amusing that some people think a war with Russia wouldn't involve the use of either sides nuclear arsenal.