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Originally Posted by editec  We are no more likely to face down the russians in Geogia than we are to declare our nation socialist.
First of all we'd get our asses handed to us by the Russians in that area, secondly Russia could shut off the oil/natural gas taps to Europe if we did.
Wars are fought over economic, folks.
Even Bush isn't that stupid. | But Obama might be!
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