[Alter Kaker]

obviously they didn’t learn anything from their last visit to Afganistan. I don’t think this will go as smoothly as they planned

Afghanistan has a population of 30 million.

Georgia has a population of 4 million.

The odds are in Moscow's favor.

[FreeAtlanta]

That, and the Georgians are more civilized, probably don’t like fighting as much as the Afghans, and will likely first try negotiating or bribing the Russians to leave.

[B Knotts]

The Russians were defeated in Afghanistan by tactics, not merely by being outnumbered. That said, this is likely to be a more standard military conflict. The problem for Russia is that they are clearly in violation of Georgia’s sovereignty, so I don’t know how that’s going to fly.

[SolidWood]

Georgias Army is technologically some centuries more advanced than the Mujahedin in Afghanistan were. However I doubt that the Georgians have the zeal of the Afghans... and probably no “big brother” like Saudi Arabia/Pakistan and the US were to the Afghans. I hope we don’t let our Georgian allies hang out to dry. Here is hoping that the Georgians shoot down more Russian planes and throw them out.