I’ve never seen Totten lie, and he told (and continues to tell) the truth about Iraq that the MSM has no appetite for.

Fighting against rebels who militarily oppose the democratically elected government is not “ethnic cleansing.” Why are there Russians in Majority-Georgia? Because although it’s dangerous to generalize about individuals, a majority of Russians enthusiastically support an amoral leader nostalgic for Soviet power and willing to take concrete steps to restore it.

They are probing the West. Instead of a shovel to the nose, they’ve found weakness and are exploiting it. From rational sociopaths I would expect nothing less. The lesson we need them to learn can only be patiently taught by an electrified fence. I’m glad we’ve begun to string one.