jacko, how does one 'invade' one's own territory? Georgia's tactics may (or may not, I simply don't know) been over the top, but doesn't a country have the right to try and stop its own destruction?
If the majority of the country don't want the dissolution, then should it still proceed?
We took a dim view of the South's secession some years back.
Yep, there is both an element of self-interest in the US' foreign policy. As it should be. But we also help out a great deal.
As none of the international bodies have weighed in any meaningful way over this, I think the C-17s and ships is a very clear message to Putin.
Or it could get very ugly.