tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16635885.post1199364414382264261..comments2023-10-28T06:25:24.368-05:00Comments on Adamant's Fire: Georgian-Russian WarAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07331961951316180787noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16635885.post-24612596156127588512008-09-14T10:44:00.000-05:002008-09-14T10:44:00.000-05:00And wouldn't that then make it a hot war?And wouldn't that then make it a hot war?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16635885.post-75469007052856990852008-08-12T10:37:00.000-05:002008-08-12T10:37:00.000-05:00Right. I didn't mean that there was nothing befor...Right. I didn't mean that there was nothing before any of those small events. I meant that they were sparks to the international kindling.<BR/><BR/>I disagree with you over whether this would be a world war or not, though. If the U.S. were to back Georgia and actually send whatever few troops we could, I'm not so sure that Russia wouldn't call for its allies in the region, or at least escalate the conflict to take the neighboring regions (especially Ukraine, since they want it so much) to secure their position in that region. I don't think, if this had happened, that the EU would have completely sat back and watched. There would have at least been some engagement - especially considering the power Russia could become if it were to reestablish hegemony.<BR/><BR/>Plus, the tensions have been there for a long time. The Soviet Union fell less than 20 years ago, and was replaced by the CIS - which was just a weaker "union" of the states with Russia again as the most powerful. <BR/><BR/>But you are definitely right about one thing. One small spark is all it will take to set those tensions on fire - if the friction doesn't cause it first.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07331961951316180787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16635885.post-20158016637400818382008-08-12T10:13:00.000-05:002008-08-12T10:13:00.000-05:00To be honest, they did not start over small acts. ...To be honest, they did not start over small acts. The typing point was usually something fairly small, but the wars were largely continuations of previous conflicts. WWI had been brewing in the European Sphere for over two decades. WWII was as much a continuation of the original Great War instigated by increased nationalism brought on by economic strife as a simple war over territory. This would never be enough to instigate a "world war." At worst, this could become a Serbia or Bosnia for the time being. Both of those changed regional politics and caused tensions between Western powers and Russia. Now if we get a couple of dozen more of these conflicts over the next few decades, then you have enough tender piled up for a small spark to set off a full out international war.The Simmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889051479505951802noreply@blogger.com