Posted by
KsReaganite on Saturday, August 09, 2008 8:18:51 PM
It is a time honored practice of invaders to bide their moment till the eyes of the world are elsewhere. The wily Russians are no different. As the world turned its attention to Beijing, the Russians struck in Georgia. Now, the tiny but sturdy Republic of Georgia is battling for life and death against a nation whose history has been marked by a rapacious appetite for plunder, conquest, and rapine of its neighbors for a thousand years. Time is of essence for we know not how long the brave but far outgunned and outmanned Georgians can hold out against the might of the resurgent Putinist empire in Russia. We know that old Europe-that is England and France-are no good for anything but appeasement and meaningless communiques; we know that Germany is too mired in its apologia for the Nazi past to want to do anything. It is up to the United States then to banish forever the ghosts of the years past when we were, somewhat rightly, accused of leaving allies to suffer because of old Europe's opinion (the Shah of Iran and South Vietnam come to mind). By diplomatic means and otherwise the Russians need to know that America will not stand by idly while its democratic ally gets pummelled into submission. We will do well to remember that tiny Georgia is one of the few European countries brave enough to be an active part of the Coalition of the Willing in Iraq.
The Russians must be stopped cold and the only language they understand is one of purpose backed by power.