Monday, October 5, 2020

Trouble in the Caucasus

The Russians and Turks are having another little proxy war. This time it’s between the Armenians (a client of Russia) and the Azerbaijanis (backed by Turkey). 

The fight is unlikely to spread beyond the two neighboring former SSRs but, like the war between the Serbs and Bosnians, it seems darned bitter and could end up killing a lot of people.

Something nobody wants to point out, as it was in the Balkans this one is also Christians vs. Muslims. These two groups rarely play well together for very long.