[Seruzawa]

Send in agents provocateur to stir up unrest and revolt. When the Georgians rightfully try to restore order in their own country claim you are protecting your relatives from “ethnic cleansing” and attack. With this weak justification out of the way and counting on the cowardice of the West, simply conquer the entire country.

Putin is evil. A little smarter than Hitler. But a murdering tyrant nonetheless. Russia needs a slave empire since it can’t even feed itself. Welcome to Iron Curtain Phase II.

Bush looked into Putin’s soul, eh?

[mick]

Yes he is. But he is also clumsy. Witness how he turned the Orange revolution into an election victory by heavy handed interference. Witness his shutting off the oil for awhile in Ukraine. And now this. The russians are feeling resentful and rich. But they haven't converted their money into real military power yet. IMHO Putin made his move too early. If we and the Turks and the Ukrainians and Poles can help the Georgians hold the line at the border of Georgia it will blunt the russians and wake up the euroweenies , especially the krauts, and then Putin will have a coalition of the awakened to contend with. The man is clumsy, brutal, and at his heart, a killer. But I think now he is exposed. And BTW, he also helped his american enemy in the election, JMcC.

[Centurion2000]

Russia needs a slave empire since it can’t even feed itself.

You, stop drinking the Cold Warrior kool-aid. The second half of your sentence is a fantasy.