this is why georgia still exists.  it's a buffer state, if georgia militarised it would just get curb stomped first by one side, then the other. and end up like kosovo. and it wouldn't matter whether it was a russian, nato or turkish castle built in the middle of the kafkas basin the outcome for georgians would still be the same.  georgia has wine, weather and the vor. russia has no answer to either.  russia cannot stop russian tourists spending all their money in crimea, there's no reason for russian holiday spots to pay tax or let the russian government fuck with them, russians go there specifically to escape russia, the russian oligarchy would similarly rather the money and safety.  russians can't speak karthuli, nor any other regional language, the georgian vor has 6 bases outside russian control, the russians cannot fix that by invading those regions. the russian government is totally corrupt, so suffers foreign subversion from georgia.  georgia has primary production, is economically sustainable, has a net gdp outflow, russians industry has no reason to move there, georgia has no reason to industrialise. georgians can just be comfy grape farmers, it's an honest living, there's what, two beer factories.  when russia invaded didn't they bomb the beer factory? i mean isn't that so telling? russia is at war with the sun, a georgian gangster and a beer factory and didn't really win on either front
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