Thanks, Wretchard, and good points. I just wanted to clarify, for what it’s worth, that we could legally send Javelins, anti-air missiles, etc. to Georgia if we so chose. I suppose the Russians could “consider” it an act of war, but at least we’d have the international law crowd on our side (Yay!).
Yes, I’ve been reading all of your exellent posts on this–your early insight on sending an air superiority wing to Turkey cert. would have given a bit more of an iron fist to what you termed today’s “velvet glove” US suggestion that the Russians stop in S. Ossetia, which they’ve blown off (apparently).
It just feels so crappy to be flying back Georgian troops from Iraq and then dropping them off and saying “good luck against the Russians, guys.” I mean, they’re fighting for their country’s independence and survival at this point. (I do realize we’re helping behind the scenes.)