[maquiladora]

Those are the key points from his briefing.

[agere_contra]

“no prospect of using US military force in Georgia” is so NOT the same thing as “No forces in Georgia”.

Are the BBC deliberately twisting the headline?

[boomop1]

Idle threats mean nothing to the commie Ruskies.

[jhpigott]

wonder if the Georgian president will order his forces to engage . . . it looks like he may have done something like that this morning in Gori. It appears he is doing everything in his power to get us more directly involved.

[Para-Ord.45]

How about just the boxes with the TOW missiles and the MANPADS then, let the Georgians do the rest.

[ZX12R]

It really bothers me, and worries me, that the Russians will get away with this. If they don’t pay a price, the baltic states better expect them back, and going further each time.

[Jeff Head]

Those words bely the fact that President Bush has ordered the US military to conduct the humanitarian effort. US aircraft, US soldiers, and US ships will be in Goergia, its waters, and air space.

They will provide humanitarian efforts, but their very presence will also provide a military trip-line in case the Russians decide to re-engage.

Bush has acted directly, with language and now with actions in helping the Georgians...and I believe in concert with the French President and the other President's that their efforts are going to work. McCain was also strong in this. Obama was very weak out of the chute and should be a serious concern for anyone looking at world conditions and our choice for President.

CHOOSING THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES




NOBAMA MOVEMENT SPREADS ACROSS THE NATION

[MindBender26]

Had Georgia kept just 6 nuclear weapons from the old 20,000 warhead Soviet stockpile, many of which were on Georgian soil, this invasion would never have happened.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

This needs to influence our relations with Russia the way the first World Trade Center bombing ought to have been in reference to our relations with the Muslim world.

[Travis McGee]

http://www.navoine.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?p=551

Check out the 90 or so pics at this Russian link. Not for the weak stomached: many gory war casualties.

Note especially the prevalent Chechyn units. Most Russian armor is spray-painted with the unit names, including “Chechyn Vostok.” The Russians are sending Chechyn muslims into Georgia, to do the dirty work.