[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I like Ralph Peters in general but ...

This piece is a bit like Chris Matthews saying Obama makes his leg tingle in its gushing admiration for Pootie-pute.

We weren’t going to fight a land war in Asia over a place whose name most Americans associate with peaches and a baseball team.

And sizing up the Georgian leader? Just what the hell was HE going to do when faced with the Russian tank columns?

Putin is ruthless and all the rest, but do we have to call him an “evil genius”? Can’t we just say he’s an opportunist and ruthless and leave it at that?

[autumnraine]

While the world may not see Georgia as “worth it”, the fact that they know they can just march in and land grab is frightening. It’s like letting a child get out of control. At what point does it become “worth it”?