“Absolutely. Why should we be concerned about a quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom we know nothing?”

It amazes me to this day that people can hold this opinion. But then again, nothing should truly amaze me in this mad, mad, mad world.

I don’t know what to hope for: that you are smart enough to realize how it does matter, and are merely sympathetic to Russia and/or hostile to the United States and its allies; or instead that you really believe that the 21st century world is not connected like it never has been before, and that the events in Georgia right now could have an impact on the rest of the world.