Consequences!

The Soviet Invasion (darn, I keep making that mistake - Russian invasion) of Georgia produced outcomes that Vlad did not count on.

One: Poland agreed to the basing of American SDI missiles on its territory. This was deal that was all but dead, then Russian armor crossed the Russian/Georgia border. In the last century was overrun by Nazi Germany, then the Soviet Union barged in on the other side. The process a terrible scar was ripped across the whole of Poland. These people know and remember what invaders look and sound like. Russians and Germans are not embraced with open arms.

Two: Barack, the anointed one has no clue as to what to do. At one point, he urged the UN to pass a Security Council Resolution condemning Russia. EH, doesn't Russian have veto power on the Security Council - oops I guess the messiah missed that little detail.

Three: McCain instinctively understood what was going on and blasted Vlad (the Czar) Putin for empire building.

The Russians are the bad guys. The Russian Government is not a democracy, it is a dictatorship. Nothing has changed except faces and titles. Out of Bush, McCain and Obama, only McCain understood immediately what was going on, and he reacted accordingly.

That's presidential.