Now Just A Childish Bear
I’ve called Russia the “Paranoid Bear” over the past couple days for their actions relating to the invasion of Georgia and the signing of a missile defense deal between the US and Poland. But now they are just becoming childish. They have become even more like a bully who needs a swift spanking from its mommy.
POTI, Georgia (AP) — Russian forces blocked the only land entrance to Georgia’s main port city on Thursday, a day before Russia promised to complete a troop pullout from its ex-Soviet neighbor.
Armored personnel carriers and troop trucks blocked the bridge to the Black Sea port city of Poti, and Russian forces excavated trenches and set up mortars facing the city. Another group of APCs and trucks were positioned in a nearby wooded area.
Although Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has promised that his forces would pull back by Friday, Russian troops appear to be digging in, raising concern about whether Moscow is aiming for a lengthy occupation of its small, pro-Western neighbor.
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili told The Associated Press that Russia was thinning out its presence in some occupied towns but was seizing other strategic spots. He called the Russian moves “some kind of deception game.”
“(The Russians) are making fun of the world,” he declared.
As long as you let the bully have his way, he will keep being a bully. Sure, war with Russia may not be a palatable option but what else are you going to do if they don’t stop acting like a bully? Sooner or later you are going to have to punch them in the nose and then kick them in the groin.
Russia knows they cannot match the United States and her NATO allies militarily but until they are confronted by force they won’t care about that. You can only talk so long. Eventually you must act.
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