We didn't poke the bear- the bear planned this well in advance and has killed thousands of unarmed civilians while the World watched the Olympics. Hitler invaded Poland the same way and virtually on the same precept. It wasn't our problem then either, right?

While I don't believe we have a military option we should, with our European neighbors, definitely get involved. Georgia has a democratically elected government, is strategically very important to Western interests, is a strong ally and was even slated to join NATO.

The WSJ had some very sage advice about how to respond this AM. Hopefully our leaders are going to follow it- and not act like Neville Chamberlain.