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To: LowtherAcademy who wrote (114912)	8/8/2008 11:06:58 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 132070

This is embarrassing. I was a Russian linguist and spied on The Soviet Union. I majored in history as an undergrad with a healthy dose of Russian history. I've crossed Russia by train. I wrote a paper on how Georgia, at the heights of its power, was demolished by a Mongol invasion which was followed a couple of years later by a Kwarazmian invasion. Still, I'd never heard of South Ossetia until I read this story. At first, I thought the Russians were attacking Atlanta. Hey, somebody's got to do it. <G> This is actually kind of scary. All we need in that area is more hostilities.