This is no time for foot dragging but Putin is smart enough to know what many of us do, a presidential election year in the United States freezes out anything like a military option.
The words are tough, but I’m reading stories claiming the U.S. has already forced Georgia to allow Russian troops into South Ossetia and Abkhazia (the disputed regions) under this cease-fire.
In fact, there are claims that a buffer zone inside Georgian territory for Russian patrols (a thousand feet or so is being allowed) to come over the disputed area borders is included in the “cease-fire.”
For now Georgia is telling its people to avoid any contact
with “the invaders.”
The tough words of Washington wax cold because Putin knows and the United States knows that Russia’s help is needed with Iran.
But can Russia really be trusted when cease-fire agreements to pull back mean squat to them? Putin is in with the wackos in Tehran, too.
Anyone in the US government who thinks that Russia will help with Iran now, is just plain delusional. Russia is holding the free people of Georgia hostage. Any military movement against Iran now will result in Russian troops leveling Tbilisi. That is the reality of the situation.
“This is no time for foot dragging but Putin is smart enough to know what many of us do, a presidential election year in the United States freezes out anything like a military option.”
Which is what would make military action a brilliant move.
For once - it would be nice to see our country take some of these thugs by surprise.