Kettle, Meet Pot

"[The country] has invaded a sovereign... state and threatens a democratic government elected by its people. Such an action is unacceptable in the 21st Century. The... government must reverse the course it appears to be on and accept this peace agreement as a first step toward solving this conflict.

Quiz time! Who is speaking, and what is he or she talking about? I'm sure you can guess that it's George Bush talking about Russia and the current situation in Georgia. Because who else would have the unmitigated gall, or possibly the total stupidity, necessary to make those statements?

There's really not much to say about it. We have no moral high ground. Russia should get out of the places its in, and so should the United States.

And did anyone else find the Russian refrain a little fishy:

"[We] must protect the life and dignity of [our] citizens wherever they are. We will not allow their deaths to go unpunished. Those responsible will receive a deserved punishment."

Sounded almost like the annexation of the Sudetenland by someone. Not that I'm drawing a comparison; after all, he (you know about whom I'm talking) wasn't the first leader to use that excuse to invade, and I'm sure he won't be the last. It's a classic gambit: some of our people (ethnically, religiously, or even nationally) live in another country; that other country is treating them badly; we must invade to protect them; QED.

This whole thing is just a mass of crap. No one is right. It's a war.