The Horde, the Horde is coming

[Cain]

Wait, what?

http://www.eurasianet.org/node/64062

South Ossetia'spresident has invited the legendary warriors of the Russian steppe, the Cossacks, to settle in the breakaway Georgian republic. According to PIK TV, Eduard Kokoity told a youth forum last week that he wants to rent out land to the Cossacks for 99 years

Oh, OK then.  That makes sense, I suppose.  Well, as much as anything ever makes sense in the Caucasus.

[Freeky]

  lolwhat?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Ohhhh, my.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Uhh...

[Chairman Risus]

Is this weird? I can't tell.

[Telarus]

Brilliant.

[Cain]

On the other hand, the Cossacks have fought in every major post-Cold War conflict Russia has been engaged in, in one form or another, so I suppose there is a certain amount of logic to it.

Nevertheless, COSSACKS!

[East Coast Hustle]

If I was the tiniest weakest shithole in a region full of bigger meaner shitholes, I'd be all about inviting the Cossacks to come hang out too.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Wouldn't that tend to end up like hiring Hell's Angels to work security?

[Kai]

Wouldn't that tend to end up like hiring Hell's Angels to work security?

...no angel born in hell...could break that Satan's spell...

[East Coast Hustle]

I'm not sure what the absolute cheesiest song ever has to do with anything, but as far as HA working security, well, they certainly kept the potential problems at Altamont under control.

[Nadezhda]

My Doukhabor ancestors came from the Caucasus region.  Am I invited to Georgia too?

[Nephew Twiddleton]

What I'm wondering is if this goes through, what happens in 2111 when their lease is up.

[Kurt Christ]

What I'm wondering is if this goes through, what happens in 2111 when their lease is up.

Cossack uprising. Now with hoverhorses.

[East Coast Hustle]

What I'm wondering is if this goes through, what happens in 2111 when their lease is up.

Cossack uprising. Now with hoverhorses.

DO WANT.