[wideawake]

I’m not clear as to why people want to declare Russia the villain in this piece. Georgia started the problem by invading.

Georgia invaded . . . Georgia?

Stop smoking the crack you're selling.

We’d all be better off to step back and take a deep breath, rather than pushing for confrontation.

The confrontation has already begun, with Nazi Russia invading a sovereign nation's soil.

It is up to Russia to withdraw its stormtroopers from Georgia.

[chickadee]

Georgia invaded . . . Georgia?

Yes, according to the folks at Stratfor:

On the night of Thursday, Aug. 7, forces of the Republic of Georgia drove across the border of South Ossetia, a secessionist region of Georgia that has functioned as an independent entity since the fall of the Soviet Union. The forces drove on to the capital, Tskhinvali, which is close to the border. Georgian forces got bogged down while trying to take the city. In spite of heavy fighting, they never fully secured the city, nor the rest of South Ossetia.

In order to take Georgia's side, one has to deny South Ossetia its right to self-determination. Is that really a good position - to say that SO "belongs" to Georgia? That's what the posted article is all about. No one "belongs" to anyone else, except by their own agreement.