President Mikheil Saakashvili have to pull the tiger's tail

Is this nuts or what?

I suppose it had to come to a head, Russia always wanting to dominate its neighbors.

But did Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili have to pull the tiger tail?

It would have been nice to include Georgia into NATO, but do we really want to go to war with Russia?

"War has started," Vladimir Putin said yesterday as Georgian and Russian forces fought over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia. War is certainly what the two countries have seemed to want for some time, and the chances of avoiding a drawn-out conflict now are slim.

The biggest question now is whether Moscow will simply try to restore the previous status quo in South Ossetia -- with Russia and the rebels controlling most of the territory -- or go further and crush Georgia while deposing Mr. Saakashvili. Russian state TV yesterday reported that Georgian soldiers had killed at least 10 Russian troops and were "finishing off" wounded Russians, a worrisome sign that the Kremlin is trying to inflame public opinion ahead of a major operation.

I would say this is not good.

War in the Caucasus