What did you do on your summer vacation? I went to Disneyland. If you're a member of the Russian army, chances are you got to spend time in Georgia. Not like the peaches and home of Coca-Cola where the Olympics were held just a little while ago Georgia, but the former Socialist republic. The Russians were there to put down a Georgian attack on South Ossetia, a separatist region along the Russian border with close ties to Russia.
Declaring that "the aggressor has been punished," the Kremlin ordered a halt Tuesday to Russia's assault on Georgia. Five days of air and ground attacks have left homes in smoldering ruins and uprooted more than one hundred thousand people. Remember that kinder, gentler Russia that we all looked forward to having in our Facebook at the end of the Cold War? It's not these guys. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered his defense minister, during a televised Kremlin meeting: "If there are any emerging hotbeds of resistance or any aggressive actions, you should take steps to destroy them."
Why would Russia need to flex its muscle at this point in time, in this place? Georgia sits on a strategic oil pipeline carrying Caspian crude to Western markets and bypassing Russia. Oh, that and that whole "freedom" thing. Stay tuned, it's been a while since President Pinhead has sent U.S. troops into a foreign country to protect freedom - and oil.
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