Gunpowder Chronicle posted on August 9, 2008 1:22 PM | Rating:

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No, not the heart of the old Confederacy, but the former republic of the Soviet Union. This is bad news. Georgia and Russia have been at each other's throats for some time. Other than Ukraine, Georgia was one of the former separatist republics that hurts the most, because it provides direct access to the trans-Caucusus oil fields and deeper into Central Asia. In fact, one of the primary pipelines for bringing oil out of Central Asia runs right through it. And that is why this is not good.
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