Thanks for bringing this up. I have actually been listening to news stories about it and I agree that we look impotent.
I will have to dig waaaay back to the early threads on the Iraq war, but I actually lamented our bogging ourselves down there for this very reason... Lack of military preparedness. Not to mention that Bush's "axis of evil" comment just put all of those members of the axis on alert to rush to arms. Everyone knows we're caught with our pants down now.
I would like some more information though if you have it. My understanding so far is that Georgia attacked first in an attempt to lay claim on some border region, which makes me wonder why we feel like we should jump into this fray anyway. They're big boys. They know Russia's military capabilities (one would hope).
Do you have a link to Obama's complete quote on the situation? I'm not particularly informed on his say on the matter.
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