Jarhead
2008-08-13 12:07:51
South Ossetia is a piss-ant town of 70 thousand people. It’s like Jersey City declaring independence – except three times more people live in Jersey City.
The Russians and their “peacekeepers” kept Georgia out of there for one reason – the Roki Tunnel. It is the only route through the Greater Caucasus Mountains in the region. It is also the supply line for most of the Russian troops in Georgia. If the Georgian government controlled the tunnel, they could prevent an invasion at any time by collapsing the tunnel.
If we were to fight the Russians there, the first step would be to collapse the tunnel with deep penetrating bombs, effectively isolating the Russian troops.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roki_Tunnel
