On a more serious note, is anyone else concernced that the Russians are rolling in their tanks and taking over a sovereign, pro-west, democratic country (Georgia), while the U.N., as usual, is wrangling over the perfect words to use in a proposed resolution that will be vetoed by Russia anyway? This debacle in history is proving that 1) the Russians are too proud to ever live under democratic, peaceful rule; 2) in the post-Cold War era, with the European Union stronger than ever, the U.S. is no longer the superpower that it likes to still think it is (after all, France's Sarkozy is actively leading the mediation efforts
with Russia on behalf of the E.U., while Condoleezza Rice is sitting in D.C., waiting for the phone to ring); and 3) Ukraine is probably next. Hmm...very reminiscent of the first half of the 20th century, don't you think? ...And just when we thought all we had to worry about were those darn Arabs.
On a more serious note, is anyone else concernced that the Russians are rolling in their tanks and taking over a sovereign, pro-west, democratic country (Georgia), while the U.N., as usual, is wrangling over the perfect words to use in a proposed resolution that will be vetoed by Russia anyway? This debacle in history is proving that 1) the Russians are too proud to ever live under democratic, peaceful rule; 2) in the post-Cold War era, with the European Union stronger than ever, the U.S. is no longer the superpower that it likes to still think it is (after all, France's Sarkozy is actively leading the mediation efforts 
with Russia on behalf of the E.U., while Condoleezza Rice is sitting in D.C., waiting for the phone to ring); and 3) Ukraine is probably next. Hmm...very reminiscent of the first half of the 20th century, don't you think? ...And just when we thought all we had to worry about were those darn Arabs.
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