Georgia Is Like A Stray Puppy

I agree. If and when Russia or any other country or group targets the US for aggression, then that is the time to destroy them. Unless it involves us directly we should let them fight it out.

Too bad you are probably right here. If only the UN was 1/2 of what it is suppossed to be, there would be a solution for this.

I do not know what to say. I think the United States should protect Georgia, but how can you do it? Maybe negotiations would be better. Mind you if there are massacres of Georgian citizens, and war crimes, then the States should step in. After all, they did in the case of Bosnia and Serbia. I do think the United States should make clear that Russia conducts itself honorably as far as the Georgians are concerned and do not go and torture innocent civilians. But America is in a pickle here. It would be dammed if it does and dammed if it does not. I do not want to see another world conflict. Get them to talk differences over the table.

It is true to say that we cannot realistically do anything for Georgia in terms of going to war on its behalf. I think we've had our fill of unnecessary interventions already over the last 8 years and we certainly don't need to open up another front, particularly against Russia. That said, there are ways where the US can support Georgia, diplomatically and economically. I don't believe in megophone diplomacy, but I think that the US /EU need to talk to Russia behind the scenes making clear to them that though we are prepared to continue our partnership with Russia, this is only if Russia pulls back its forces. If not, Russia needs to then understand that there will be negative consequences for its own interests, particularly in business as Western companies won't want to invest in Russia if they can see that Russia is not a reliable partner. If Russia persists in occupying Georgia beyond Abkazia and S. Ossetia, then it will be isolated in much of the Western world and it will be frozen out in key international meetings, eg G8, etc