buddy larsen said:

“Dawns on me the importance of the armed mob trailing the troops may’ve been intended to hang the Georgian government from the familiar lamposts we’ve seen so often associated with Rus clients *ahem replacing the local government.”

I wonder how someone in Russia signs up to be part of an “armed mob”? What do these armed mob guys do when they’re not raping and pillaging? Do they have day jobs? Are they normally welfare bums living in the suburbs of Moscow or does the Russian government usually keep them locked up and only lets them loose for special occasions?