[Tailgunner Joe]

"The Russian, Soviet state has never started a war." - Russian "President" Dmitry Medvedev - UPI, RIAN

[JRandomFreeper]

Same song, second verse. The refrain remains the same. Doing it over again gets boring.

/johnny

[dr_who]

This doesn’t inspire much faith in the US. Putin isn’t done with his bag of tricks. He’s probably going to steadily ramp up this confrontation until our side backs off and he’s free to rape Georgia any way he pleases.

[2ndDivisionVet]

"The Russian, Soviet state has never started a war." - Russian "President" Dmitry Medvedev.

I don't think that was any more of a Freudian slip than Dr. Dean's "white" comment the other day.

[phatus maximus]

Until now...

[jmc813]

"The Russian, Soviet state has never started a war."

That line stuck out like a sore thumb to me too.

[Travis McGee]

Those SS-21s would be a great target for our new airborne laser. Zap them from Georgian air space in a few milliseconds. Just fry them.

[mkjessup]

Oh stop worrying everyone, Condi Rice is on the job.

[chilepepper]

CCCPv2.0 whoops! Russia must be weaker than I thought to use these tactics.

Really sad times... unfortunately, all Russia ever learned to do was build cheap but excellent weapons. With the largest nation on earth, with fabulous untapped riches and beauty in Siberia, with a brilliant populace, Russia does not live in the same time and space that we do. Russia still thinks its 1945...

[wastedyears]

Spoken just like the pug-headed Communists they are.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Russia yesterday threatened to 'crush' anyone who dared to defy it, after moving missile launchers within range of Georgia's capital.

Finally, some honesty.

Now, I am not a military strategist but I am a student of human nature. If Russia is following the plans of a war 70 years ago and using outdated equipment, that doesn't seem to bode well for them in the creativity and strategy department. Are they ready to fight a 21st century war? Although they do make up for those weaknesses in the pride and arrogance department (which can be used against them by the right minds :-)

[dr_who]

I'm wondering if this is a preview for a future standoff between China and the US over Taiwan. Hopefully Taiwan is better prepared for an attack than Georgia was, but with the missiles pointed at Tblisi by the aggressor, the unrestrained threats by Russia at anyone and everyone, and the fact that Georgia is in Russia's backyard makes you wonder if Putin's buddies, the Chinese are studying the dynamics of this very carefully.

Makes me wonder if free world is reaching its high water mark. Putin probably thinks so.

[HereInTheHeartland]

I want to wake up and realize that I have just read a new Tom Clancy novel, and this isn’t real.

[Radix]

" Russia yesterday threatened to 'crush' anyone who dared to defy it, after moving missile launchers within range of Georgia's capital."

Since there is nobody in Washington with any real sac, if I were a Russian, I'd have no problem with such a declaration.

[Bender2]

Sounds to me like this is the time to put into Georgia batteries of Patriots, a Marine Air-Ground Task Force and the 101st Airborne followed by the 1st Armored Division with the understanding they will be backed up the nuclear might of the US Air Force and US Navy.

The only thing the Russian/Soviets/Czarists understand is brute force and the willingness to use it!

Ronald Reagan, bless his soul, understood this and won the Cold War.

[montag813]

We have no choice but to ratchet up the pressure—everywhere. Close a vise around Russia. And, dammit—DRILL HERE DRILL NOW! The moment the U.S. Congress approves a full oil exploration plan, crude will tank $25 per barrel. That is tens of billions ripped from the Russian treasury, and $200 million from Putin’s accounts alone.

[ought-six]

The Russian, Soviet state has never started a war????? The author knows no history. The Soviet Union started WWII right alongside Germany, because USSR (per agreement with Germnay) invaded Poland from the east while Germany invaded Poland from the west. And, what about the invasion of Afghanistan in December, 1979?

[RichInOC]

“I must break you....”

[Thunder90]

The commies in Moscow let it slip again...

Russia/Soviet/Coldwar2 PING!!!

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[Billthedrill]

'Anyone who tries to do this will receive a shattering blow.'

Good grief - Medvedev has been taking public relations lessons from his buddy Ahmadinejad. Things are looking up.

[Wiz]

Russia should understand that huritng our troops in Georgia may result in Russia to cease to exist.