It was a joke. I’m something of an isolationist, I guess sort of like a Pat Buchanan lesbian. I don’t recognize Georgia’s claim for US military protection just because its President mouths the words “freedom” and “democracy”. Did the Georgian legislature authorize the incursion into South Ossetia which triggered the Russian response? No, it was the prerogative of the Georgian executive. Still, Georgia is a sovereign state recognized by the family of nations, so Russia needs to be punished by economic sanctions. Some of these will be official decrees, but the natural flight of capital out of Russia will have the real bite. Any jointly beneficial relationships between the US and Russia should start to be terminated, permitting them to escalate or be dialed back as a carrot and stick for what Russia does. In fact, we should have done this in response to the Russians building a reactor in Iran. But if Europe does nothing and prefers to be energy slaves to the Kremlin, I will shrug. Screw ‘em.