Like … this is the big threat? That it will “worsen relations” with Russia if America does this? Isn’t that like a little kid stamping it’s feet and saying, “I hate you I hate you I hate you?”

I do not understand why the Georgians haven’t introduced the Russians to the concept of an IED yet. As we’ve seen in Iraq, they’re not that hard to build, not that hard to emplace and are terrific at shredding both soldiers and their tanks.

If the Russians insist on staying where they are not supposed to be and in rolling around the countryside when they agreed to leave, then it seems to me that more than a few strategicially-placed surprises might give them call to rethink those goals.

One would almost think that Bush has ordered the Georgians NOT to protect themselves.