Krehbiel Commentary

I heard a microscopic blurb on the radio this morning about violence between Russia and Georgia.  The radio guy talked about missiles and fighting and troops and then went right on to discuss the opening ceremonies of the Olypmics or something, leaving me totally in the dark about news that sounded pretty freakin' serious.  Why do they even bother?

Anyway, I finally got around to looking up more information and it turns out that Russia and Georgia are in a situation described as "close to developing into full-blown war."  That's almost certainly a media-exaggeration, but still, Reuters reports, "Russia sent forces into Georgia on Friday to repel a Georgian assault on the breakaway region [Ossetia] and Georgia's pro-Western president said the two countries were at war."  I don't really know all of the details but it sounds kind of bad (especially since the U.S. is supporting the heavily-outnumbered Georgia).

On the plus side, if a large-scale war develops in Georgia, perhaps there is hope that it will bump the election and the Olympics off of the TV for a few moments of welcome respite.