We did pretty well against them Russkies in Afghanistan, and on the cheap, too.

Ivan Bearskii has to be bluffing to a very high degree. He-she can’t conquer Georgia if Turkey agrees to allow US humanitarian freedom of the skies over the Lesser Caucasus and the Black Sea states keep standing.

Then, if Turkey chooses globalism and the Eastern Euro’s don’t fold, then it will be either:
1) a world war he-she cannot ultimately win, or
2) an ignominious withdrawal, or
3) she will be bled to death the same way Georgians have been bleeding invaders to death for 2700-1300 years (depending on who you say is Georgian, of course).

If Turkey dithers and the East Euro’s fold, well, the doo-doo is deep indeed.