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A radio friend of mine early in my career and shortly after 9/11 said that we will get hit by the next major terrorist attack when we least expect it. Well we certainly didn't expect Russia to start attacking our allies and our response has been fairly weak in my opinion. I don't think we can afford to let our guard down right now.  Russia waited for the Olympics to start stirring up crap, we are still in the middle of the games, our eyes are on Georgia, we are gaining ground in Iraq, in the middle of an election and the media can't make heads or tails of any of the coverage. Try to imagine for a moment if terrorists decided to do something really stupid right now. I am not sure the country would be able to handle the turmoil it would be thrown into. I wouldn't be nearly as worried right now if we just had some leadership. Bush has now disappointed me greatly and the only one who seems to be talking tough and standing up on his convictions is John McCain. I gain more and more confidence in his ability to lead every day. In the meantime we are stuck with an administration that seems to lack the ability to truly handle this situation.

After Warnings to Moscow, U.S. Has Few Options

At the risk of being called a warmonger, just why is it we can't take a stand and help the Georgia military fight the Russians anyway? The threat of WW3? Russia doesn't want to go war with the US as far as we can tell at this point. Sure they are pounding Georgia, but not nearly as bad as they could if they really wanted to. Russia used the element of surprise to their total advantage, but all it took was the will to do it. Think about it, what if we did exactly what the Russians believe we won't. What if we just laid the gauntlet down and brought in the military to fight them out of Georgia. We are acting like the wimp on the school yard getting beat up by the bully. We have more of a right with Georgia being an ally and helping us in Iraq, to use the might of the US to help defend them than Russia did to attack them. If the pundits are right and Russia doesn't want a war then all we are doing is keeping our word with the people of Georgia and defending their freedom. And if Russia wants WW3 then it really doesn't matter in the end anyway because they will force our hand to go after them with our military anyhow.  At least if we stepped up we would be sending a message to other allies and counties that want freedom that we believe that freedom is worth defending.