Russia showed they can and will knock off and CONQUER a US ally. That’s what’s notable — how much a paper tiger the US really is. Limited to impotence against Russia. No matter how we knocked off Saddam, they can easily and brutally conquer Georgia.

I told you so. Putin HAD to crush Georgia and occupy it.

The smart play is to up the ante, directly, by doing the same against Iran. Knock out all the infrastructure in Iran, and move with deliberate speed from Iraq into Iran, to occupy and create “autonomous” zones of Azeris and Baluchis and Arabs in the oil-gas rich zones.

That two can play Putin’s game.

Unlike Georgia, we have forces there. Iraq is stable enough (and Iranians would be far too busy fighting our troops in their own nation) to make that move. It’s part of why we SHOULD be in Iraq. Our Navy can launch decapitation strikes against Iran’s missile and air and naval forces. We can start grinding Iran’s infrastructure into dust. Our engineering guys can construct pontoon bridges and such, Iran cannot.

Show that if Russia can crush Georgia, we can crush (and will) Iran. Make the US FEARED just as Russia is now FEARED.