The name of the game is opportunism – economic, political, historic.

To my mind this episode in Georgia never passed the smell test. Couldn’t put my finger on it. Some posters here helped with their views. The picture clarified but not completely to my satisfaction. Beyond that I never posted. Had nothing to say. Now some *evidence* is emerging suggesting that central planning was … well … front and center to the operations. In other words, History was being well used in the service of the future, we presume.

Yes Nations/Empires are strong drivers of history. I expect a lot of people know that.