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All the ‘must’ in the world ain’t worth spit if you’re not read and able to force your will on the object of your words if they do not comply.

Democrats and UN fools talk this way all the time..... so-and-so ‘must’ do this and that. Putin is thumbing his nose at the world, and it’s hard to see what real action could be taken that would (1) be agreed upon by the USA and NATO, and (2) actually occur in time to make a difference.

Putin will have carved up Georgia, imposed the solution he wants, and then he will pretend to be ready to ‘negotiate’ with the UN and EU, etc..... after he’s already imposed his will.

All this ‘must’ talk about Russia is just b.s. unless the USA and/or other nations are ready and willing to stop Russia, hard. I don’t see that happening......

p.s. I thought it was b.s. when President Bush said he peered into Putin’s soul and this proves it. All those nice words said about Putin were not worth a cup of warm spit.

Putin is a ruthless KGB hack without a soul but he certainly knows how to impose his will with military force while the rest of the world squawks..... how ‘nice’ of him to do it on the opening weekend of the Olympics, which is supposed to be a time for military truce.

There is one symbolic thing we can do which will piss off and embarrass Putin - it won’t help the current situation in Georgia but it would be a good kick in the teeth for Putin: The best (only) thing we could do is insist that the 2014 Winter Olympics will NOT be held in Russia under any circumstances — there’s plenty of time to make other arrangements so that it does not end up as a boycott ala 1980. IF Russia wants to boycott the new location, well screw ‘em, who want them there anyway.

"must" is diplo-speak, as I posted previously. It's in the hands of the diplomats right now, where it should be. Things are now happening behind the scenes of which we are unaware. It gives time for everyone to analyze the situation, let Moscow know where the world stands on this, and what we might be prepared to do.
Gotta keep things ambiguous enough to keep the opposition guessing - show a little of your hand, but not all of it; leave yourself, and your enemy, some wiggle room.
We'll see how this plays out over the next few days.