Strange Logic

I found Sarah Palin's position on Russia to be interesting. "She said the United States must be "vigilant" about larger powers invading small democracies." I guess larger powers invading small dictatorships is completely okay though. It's amusing watching administration officials and their supporters attempting to condemn Russia for its transgressions in Georgia. They have to add qualifiers like "neighboring countries" or "in Europe" when discussing why it's wrong to preimptively invade another country because, of course, the same rule does not apply when it comes to preimptively invading, say a country half way around the world in the Middle East.

Can we really back up that position to defend Georgia? We're already stretched out between Iraq and Afganistan, that alone the threat of Iran and Korea. Now we want to add Russia to the mix? Do you think Putin's not going to call that bluff? Then what? Should I be getting ready to spend my 30's fighting on the eastern front?

Figures. It's cold there.