Patrick Buchanan's aftermath: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/08/blowback_from_bear_baiting.html

Amen to that, Ironraven! And now that we've found that the Brits couldn't even defeat Moqtada al Sadr, don't expect much help from the Europeans. They're (the pols, NOT the soldiers, who are still very capable and deadly) sadly into appeasement, not confrontation.

I hope you included that link to indicate how wrong a person can be in their analysis of a situation. He tries to use moral equivalence to compare us and the old Soviet Union. If you can't see the difference between good (USA) and evil (USSR), then yeah, Pat Buchanan would make sense. Pffft!

Blast-

Try counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/russiageorgia_cyberwar_assessm.php

That's funny. The majority (like 99%) of Drudge's items are simply links to existing stories. That's shameless propaganda?
He's basically an RSS feed that selects what he thinks is pertinent. The irony with what you said is that Drudge is the homepage link for many left-leaning journalists so they can keep up with what is going on!

Ironic that you would link a story from Reuters accusing Drudge of propaganda. Reuters has been caught doing REAL propaganda before. "Reuters admits doctoring photos...." www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3286966,00.html

Wikipedia is scientific, and unbiased? Bwahahahahah!

I'm shocked, shocked I say! I was told by the media (NBC, CBS, and ABC) for so many years that the Russians were just like us, and didn't want conflict. How could they have been so wrong?

It's all about oil, gents. Georgia is in Russia's pipeline.

I would suggest breaking out some decent single malt and a pipe; the sooner you realize that "wars" like this are the future, the better off you'll be.

And don't get started about water...it's even worse.