Pot, Kettle, Black

Recent events in the Caucus state of Georgia have got our government all stirred up, the looming possibility of military action between Russia and Georgia is buzzing all over the world police blotter. The two countries are essentially in a dispute over property lines involving South Ossetia and Abhkazia (these settlements orginally were part of Georgia and now are being treating as independants by Russia). The conflict has seen Russia (a UN security counsel nation) begin crossing over Georgian borders without any UN resolution and of course the US seems ready to intervene with the moral military. The major infraction is that there is a UN security counsel nation beginning the invasion of a soverign territory and they are doing it with no resolution passed by the UN.

Okay now that we have that straight let's see what VP Dick Cheney has to say on the matter: U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney condemned Russia for what he called an ``illegitimate, unilateral attempt'' to redraw this U.S. ally's borders by force.

``Russia's actions have cast grave doubts on Russia's intentions and on its reliability as an international partner,''

``as you work to overcome an invasion of your sovereign territory and an illegitimate, unilateral attempt to change your country's borders by force, that has been universally condemned by the free world.''

``Now it is the responsibility of the free world to rally to the side of Georgia,'' the American vice president added.

While not identical to what we engaged in with Iraq there is still great similarity. We didn't invade to redraw borders but we did invade and wage war on a soverign nation without the necessary UN resolution. I would venture to say that the world is a better place without Saddam and the Baath party running things in Iraq but there needs to be some consistancy in our policy. Right now it seems the only rule is "do as I say not do as I do" and that is not right or fair. We seem to aspire to be the world's police but we have a bunch of dirty cops on the force and the majority of them are at the top.