Here, Who wants to die for Tbilisi?

The right governor himself, VDH, cuts right down to the brass tacks. Keep his salient points in mind, as it will take the rest of your life span for the UN to get anywhere remotely near to understanding, let alone do anything, and you'll likely forget yourself. This is a high stakes pissing contest. This is Putin pissing on the world. Like it?

Military intervention is out of the question. Economic sanctions, given Russia’s oil and Europe’s need for it, are a pipe dream. Diplomatic ostracism and moral stricture won’t even save face.

Instead, Europe — both western and eastern — along with the United States and the concerned former Soviet Republics need to sit down, conference, and plot exactly how these new democracies are to maintain their independence and autonomy in the next decade. Hopefully, they will reach the Franklinesque conclusion that “We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.”