sarkis: Cheney’s comments were not a bluff. Both sides of this issue know that their ‘world cred’ is on the line. The EU and even the US can swallow Russia re-entering Georgia’s breakaway provinces: that just the Russians being…Russian.

Advancing into Georgian territory is another matter. The nattering of certain commenters aside, Georgia is an ally; if we abandon those who fight along side of us, NO ONE will side with us when it counts. That’s a cold hard fact backed by history; that’s REAL LIFE.

You can do what’s easy or you can do what’s right, you DON’T get to do both. ‘Conflict resolution’ doesn’t work in a darkened alley, naked steel does. If you don’t know that by now, it’s time you learned.