Russian Empire

Soviet (eh, I mean Russian) armor rolled over an international border this week. They invaded Georgia (no not next to Alabama) on the Black Sea.

Then the Russians declared a truce that was not a truce. They lied about provocations. They timed their invasion to catch the Bush administration flat footed.

I was reminded of Hungary in 1956, Czechoslovakia in 1968 and Afghanistan in 1980. Are we shocked the Vlad Putin wants to Czar? These are Russians and they will kill, rape and maim because that is how they have andled things for hundreds of years.

The important thing here is to recognize that Russia remains an adversary, not an ally.