absolutely not, Georgia is on Russia's border

every power has a vested interest in keeping control over their neighboring countries

Bad choice of words, as someone they can push over any time they want, is what I meant

it'd be like if Mexico suddenly decided to align with Russia and China

that is true

Russia did flatten Georgia in the war ten years ago

thing is they're already under a shit ton of sanctions

due to Crimea/Ukraine/Russiagate

so I imagine they'd rather not do shit that will make things worse for them

So if I am understanding this correctly you guys are saying that without western allies Georgia is Russia’s whipping boy and Russia is not at all concerned with the health of the Georgian economy?

yes, Georgia and other Eastern European countries

if the option is Russia vs. another option they'll always take the other option

And there is not a force strong enough in eastern Europe to counterbalance Russia, and the lack of political will to do so is not there as well

having dealt with Chechens and the other minorities @blue falafel mentioned I would be pissed off like crazy if someone tried to settle them in my neighborhood

@Right_Honourable yes

there is some political will

for example the Three Seas Initiative

but we're talking about countries that have been whomped on by Russia and Germany since the late 1700's

and are also screwed by geography

so they have to be realistic

Well it’s too bad we have been distracted by 2 years with Russiagate and before that by Obama’s Arab spring to take the situation in Eastern Europe more seriously

one of Trump's unquestionably good initiatives is trying to rebuild relationships with these states

e.g. his speech in Poland etc.

also receiving Orban at the White House

the lobbyists for the three seas initiative got his ear 😄

Obama did nothing but fuck with V4 when he was in office

Trump also ratcheted back a lot of dumb shit

for example, fags are whining about how Trump won't take a stand against the attacks on pride parades in Poland

What s do you mean by V4 @mattforney

the Visegrad Four

Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia

Obama is what you get when you have a college professor as head of a state. Affirmative action hires and neglect.

Hillary’s Russian reset was during this time as well

got too into this conversation, almost lost my underlords match in early game

but sailed through the rest of the game with 2hp left

about to knock the last guy out

heh

Priorities, man!

shit i took second ;_; thought i had it

I think that Trump is underrated in his foreign policy. Wignats hate him not being openly antisemitic but if Hillary or ¡Jeb! would have won we would be in another quagmire for sure

I mean I don’t really care about where the embassy is or about golan heights or whatever