and further, i just wanted to lament the fact that nuanced news is never presented in this fashion. these are difficult questions seem to have arguments for and against on each side. ignoring them and presenting the news as such absolute stark terms such as aggression (Russia) and democratic freedom-David-style state (Georgia) seems very misleading. Further, there seems to be no harping on the assault by Georgia against S. Ossetia and the training by US and Israel that taught it. the CSPAN conference mentioned that military assistance by the US has more singlemindedly focused on counterterrorism to the detriment of basic territorial integrity focused defense. an oversight that the military man hoped would be remedied.
but it just seemed interesting to note that the military aid was so focused on counterterrorism that georgia was completely unprepared for a defensive operation... i wonder how other states will react to this test of the paradigm of US military aid...