[skeeter]

The whole “linkage” argument becomes more spurious by the day though. I don’t recall NATO forces marching on Belgrade.

Do you think the Russians care about such distinctions?

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Do you think the Russians care about such distinctions?

Not for a heartbeat but it's the kind of thing that can be used to respond to the hand wringers and those who would draw moral equations between the actions Georgians and the Russians.