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   From: holman@mappi.helsinki.fi   
      
   In article <0iifa41eisdctcn12i629j341v3a88bst7@4ax.com>, James A. Donald   
    wrote:   
      
   > Eugene Holman:   
   > > It will be interesting to see what kind of a deal   
   > > Georgia, willing to fight but not to commit suicide or   
   > > see parts of it amputated, will have to make with   
   > > Russia.   
   >   
   > Finland got amputated and agreed to pay tribute.   
      
   Finland was non-aligned and, aware of the fate of its three smaller   
   neighbors to the south, struck the best deal that it could get.   
      
   > I predict that Georgia will suffer amputation, but will   
   > not pay tribute, and will find ways to make that   
   > amputation a costly running sore for the Russians.   
      
   Georgia has already suffered amputaion far worse than anything Finland   
   suffered. It is already paying tribute by accepting the de facto   
   occupation of a substantial part of it territory by Russian "peacekeepers"   
   and its administration by Russian officials. There is a strong possibility   
   that it might be forced to change its government and political alignments.   
   And this is a country that is closely allied with NATO and the United   
   States.   
      
   Regards,   
   Eugene Holman   
      
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