While GW makes noises about bombing Georgia, and Condoleeza pleas for peaceful negotiations .. the truth, all along, was that George saw this coming and did and continues to do .. nothing. 

From the point that the US recognized Kosovo, Putin apparently had told Bush that "this can work in reverse too, you know." And so, it does.

Bush has stated he will do nothing. He has stated that NATO will do nothing. The UN has stated they CAN do nothing. And why ... because two world leaders knew that actions beget reactions.

What seems like it was a surprise during the Olympics -- was only a smile and a handshake, some cold words, and a parting laugh. And with that, Georgia was handed to Russia.

There was not even the need for intelligence to predict this to Bush. It was a foregone promise waiting to be fulfilled.

The good news is that no American troops will be called in to be peace keepers. There is no need for peace when the two major players have agreed on the outcome.

The bad news is that Georgians (and for that matter most of the rest of the world) may not know who to trust when they literally do need help. The arch rivals are actually behaving as honestly as GW meant when he looked Putin in the eye. They each saw themselves.

Lives were sacrificed, families were torn apart. And all because two leaders understood the outcome of a decision. Tit for tat. Give a little, take a little.

I cannot begin to fathom how GW ever goes to sleep at night. And now we want McBush?

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