RWE: I do expect we will be seeing F-16’s with Georgian markings stationed there.

That, if anything, is one of the best reasons for them to continue on.

JFK said he wanted to go to the Moon…”because it was hard.” Depending upon Russia’s goals, occupying Georgia may be deemed less hard if you basically denude the country of Georgians. Let the Turks keep the refugees.

I agree with everyone about what I hope Russia’s intentions are, but I have this “tick” that their actions are less a result of the Olympics (that’s just cover) than the “impending” actions in Iran, and I’m trying to think out of the box for that contingentcy.

On the other hand, and just for discussion purposes…What do we do if they just keep heading toward Azerbaihjan? I know my previous suggestion has been discounted as perhaps a bad case of brainstorming , but “What If?”

Azerbaijan is not in NATO…what’s another country to the Bear? Tbilisi is 560 miles from Tehran. Rasht, Azerbaijan is only 150 miles from Tehran. Lots more on station time for air defense assets.

Put this on the back burner for now – I know it’s “unthinkable.” But “untinkable” is pretty much what the Georgians thought last Thursday. Everyone is commenting *now* that their actions were not very well thought out and that Russia could never make such an irrational decision. Let’s hope that is true.