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Originally Posted by mirevolver
basically turn Chechnya into a warzone.
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This event came and passed while Yeltsin was "running" things.
An analogy of the Russian/Chechen situation would be if Texas decided that it was going to secede from the Union. Washington D.C. says no and launches a full scale invasion, completely destroying Houston. The Texans essentially lose, but guerilla fighting from determined rednecks continues for years and years. Eventually, the rednecks start striking at locations outside of Texas, killing civilians to attract attention to their cause. Invading Texas again would do very little, but yes, that is what would be done.
Georgia is not going to be invaded - their new President is strongly pro-Moscow.