>>507572803 (OP)maybe some anons will clock why USAID NGOs, the NED and CIA were trying to overthrow Georgia elections and install a stooge instead of having the russian stooge.
the crossing from Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to Baku is also the only BELT way of China to EU Belt and Road Train transport.
any Iran war which lasts years would also have the effect of stopping the proposed (and being built in Afghanistan) rail through Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Iran to Turkey and the EU for Chinese goods.
anti-B&R bonuses are factored into everything the USA do. the Rohingya issue in Myanmar years ago, Myanmar currently and last years Bangladeshi student riots were all about anti-China moves in the Bay of Bengal/Indian Ocean.
Georgia and Azerbaijan are very important, much more important than you'd think.