Georgia on my Mind

Separatists in South Ossetia seceded from Georgia, which itself left the Soviet Union/Commonwealth of Independent States/Unified Team after Mr. Gorbachev did, in fact, tear down that wall. So, the Georgians acted in turn to shell various positions and have troops take some positions. Russia, acting again like the old USSR, shelled the Georgian positions, and escalated things by bombing Georgia, proper, sending troops into Georgia itself, and putting up a naval blockade of Georgia's Black Sea coast. The Ukraine, sharing a desire to bond with the West and join NATO with Georgia, and sharing a resentment of many past Russian actions, announced that the Russian ships may not be allowed to transit through Ukrainian waters whilst returning to their Crimean ports. Things could be escalating.

Here in America, hardly anyone even knows what is going on, and fewer still actually care. This apathy is frustrating. I know it's not 1914 any more, and the shade of Gavrilo Princip is nowhere at hand, but this is dangerous stuff nonetheless. I can understand both the positions of the South Ossetians and the Georgians, and it's damned difficult. I can understand Russia's position, too, but once again, I must disagree with their societal paranoia. Let it go.....