John, I’m not saying the Russkies will start flinging ICBM’s over Georgia, but a US heavy bombing campaign on Russian troops in a war they consider over their sphere of influence will certainly gin up the ante. Dr. Kissinger is not the final authority on what dying despotic nations will do when cornered. 1200 verifiable nukes is still scary as hell.” Nuke DC and we’ll hold new elections” is a pretty cavalier statement about the death of a couple million people. I wish I could tell you what options I would prefer, but I still believe Churchill’s analysis that Russia is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”.