More Consequences

Sometimes the best guy on your team is the guy you oppose. Vlad Putin, Czar of Russia, Conqueror of Georgia, all around not-nice-guy is accomplishing things that have stymied the Bush administration for years.

Now the Ukraine wants American missiles (and with it American troops). They see the benefits of foreign troops on their soil like their neighbors in Poland.

Why? Because there is no other country that will stand up to the Russians, the Chinese and the whacko Islamists. America represents freedom and security in a troubled world. And we have a track record (one that led directly to Polish and Ukrainian freedom) of standing up to Russian imperialism.

The other consequence is the surging dollar. Money is flowing back into the dollar, because where else does the economic security for the free world exist. The dollar is up sharply against the Euro and Pound Sterling. This helps the US economy and hurts the Russian economy, since their wealth is based on oil exports.

Oh, and did anyone notice how inaccurate and primitive the Russian weapons worked. Granted they maimed and killed, but they had to be deployed with blind lethality.

Vlad, do you really want to face down super accurate, stealth based weapons? Are you really up to taking on Uncle Sam? Think carefully before you answer.

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.