In geopolitical considerations, are deals made – is there a “if you help us with Iran you can have Georgia (if you can take her)” (although what kind of a deal can be successfully made with Fascists?). The US is engaged in a war already and seen a significant commitment of combat troops for a number of years, always a challenge for a democracy to sustain. If Afghanistan is difficult for the US logistically, how much more so would Georgia be? However, the US will never ever turn its back on defending Europe (a bit of an amorphous concept) and the Russian rape of Georgia carries an implicit threat to (an expanding) Europe.
George Bush has been called here a lame duck, unwilling to act, etc. He has also bee considered here to be looked upon well in future historical narratives. Who knows what he already knows (no jokes please), has already decided, or will yet decide? He does not strike me as one so seriously frivolous as he seems to be at the Olympics. (Those volleyball players have legs from the ground all the way up!)
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lensatic compass