Prince Yamato
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You know, I laughed, then I thought, "wait a minute... I've been to Georgia, I don't recall it being bumpkin..." I can understand how the native Georgians are offended by the portrayal of them as backwoods.
I heard the Russian planes flew over Alabama air space to get to Georgia.
Reportedly, during early WWII, high level German and Swiss leaders met. The German said "we have 400,000 highly trained heavily equipped troops ready to roll over your country, you have 200,000 lightly armed citizens, what will your people do?" The Swiss leader shrugged and replied "shoot twice and go home". Switzerland was never invaded.
As a lifelong Georgian, with a multigenerational Georgian ancestry, I got a kick out of the cartoon. As a stereotype, we could do far worse.
I agree. Irrespective of the artist's intent, the cartoon certainly depicts a man with guts and a willingness to fight for what's his. That's a badge of honor, man.
The current hysteria and alarmism about a return to the Cold War (just look at the news coverage and big red maps of Russia on CNN) makes for a compelling, easy to understand narrative for Americans, but only obfuscates Russia's current foreign policy agenda. I think we all need to take a deep breath and try to figure out what Putin is doing. He's not reconstituting the Soviet Union, not expanding into Eastern Europe, and certainly not looking for a Cold War with the West. Instead, he's attempting to restore Russia's traditional sphere of influence that it had enjoyed since the 18th century in its own backyard and regain the respect it lost after the collapse of the Soviet Union. And there's not a lot we can do to stop him.
There are certainly a lot of Redneck Georgians and there are a lot of smart, Redneck Georgians
I don't think Americans are as stupid as the cartoon depicts. The cartoon is yet another way for the antis and elitists to mock those in the hard working South. There are certainly a lot of Redneck Georgians and there are a lot of smart, Redneck Georgians.
Reportedly, during early WWII, high level German and Swiss leaders met. The German said "we have 400,000 highly trained heavily equipped troops ready to roll over your country, you have 200,000 lightly armed citizens, what will your people do?" The Swiss leader shrugged and replied "shoot twice and go home". Switzerland was never invaded.
If Hitler wanted to invade either, they would have fallen.
The fact is that Georgia actually started this fiasco by invading South Ossetia, which has been functionally independent since the breakup of the Soviet Union, first shelling and then overrunning South Ossetia's capital, which was left in smoking ruins, killing and wounding a number of Russian forces in the process, and sending tens of thousands of Georgian refugees (up to 40% of South Ossetia's population) streaming across the Russian border. Russia, which is pretty much South Ossetia's only ally, then reacted, chasing the Georgian army out of South Ossetia and pursuing them across the border into Georgia proper. The reality is far different from the simple black-and-white picture that is being sold to the American public, with Russia as the bad guys persecuting the poor Georgians who did nothing wrong.
The fact is that Georgia actually started this fiasco...
Russia, which is pretty much South Ossetia's only ally
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