Here's my thing by postaldog

Where is all this headed?

I'll admit I've been a bit slow getting up to speed on this situation. My initial readings were that Russia was defending a breakaway province from Georgia. But now it seems there's a bit more to it than that.

Russia had apparently been encouraging citizens of S. Ossetia to become Russian citizens and was quietly massing troops and armor on the border waiting for trouble to break out.

Last thing I saw this morning was that the Russian puppet head under Putin has ceased hostilities after 5 days of battering Georgia with their superior military power. How compassionate.

Georgia, a democratic former state of the USSR, has completely remade itself in our image, firing 40,000 corrupt police officers and rebuilding their economic system to make it one of the most attractive in Europe.

The reasons for the Russian incursion seem obvious -- power and ego. Putin wants to rebuild the Soviet Empire. He needs to recapture the breakaway states and stifle competition from things like the oil pipeline that runs through Tblisi.

In the now classic 3 a.m. moment, only John McCain got it right calling for Russia's immediate withdrawal from a sovereign state and cessation of all hostilities. Group hug expert Obama missed badly with his "both sides need to show restrait" comment that shows his shocking naivete in world affairs. Indeed, McCain is now being lauded in news sources for his years ago calling Putin the imperialist dictator he is now showing himself to be.

Are we headed for armed conflict in the Caucases? I hope not. Do we give military support for an ally that has aided us in Iraq? We should. Which candidate do you trust to know what's going on in the world?

Not The One.