boston.com is reporting that the Russians have taken Gori, effectively splitting the country. This is pretty much finished, and now it’s a matter of mopping up.

Shame on my country and on its government. Shame on the West and the American people for lacking the resolve to stand up to Putin. There are going to be incredibly bad ramifications of this.

http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2008/08/11/swarms_of_russian_jets_bomb_georgian_targets/