Might be getting about time to go fix up and restock the old bomb shelters and put an extra couple of feet of concrete on their walls and ceiling while we're at it.

Paul Hieronymus, McKee, USA

Michal in Northampton; Even Russia recognises the sovereignty of Georgia, including South Ossetia. Autonomy is not independence., South Ossetia is NOT a country and is recognised by no-one as being such. This is an invasion of a sovereign nation, Russian imperialism in the 21st Century.

Simon, Stockport,

Thousands of people have died, and more will surely die due to the rash gamble on the part of Washington's man in Tbilisi, Mikheil Saakashvili (and the failure on the part of his CIA handlers to restrain him). Send him to Den Haag !...

Henri

M Henri Day, Stockholm,

This is insanity. Hopefully the world will now realize just how crazy the Bush/Cheney dictatorship really is. Thank you Mr. Putin, for attempting to put an end to this lethal exercise in oil-grabbing. Expose Bush/Cheney to the world for what they really are.

Robert S. Finnegan
Southeast Asia Ne

Robert S. Finnegan, Jakarta, Indonesia

In response to Andrew Martin, Nixa USA

If Georgia is trying to stay alive as you maintain, then perhaps they should have stayed out of Ossetia in the first place. Ossetia has been autonomous since 1992 - who do the Georgians think they are sending troops in to seize it? Serves them right.

Michal, Northampton, England

In response to JC of White Plains, NY:

If Russian forces attack US forces, I would expect NATO to immediately begin operations against Russia, both politically and militarily.

In response to Eugene of Heidelberg, Germany:

Georgia is trying to simply keep themselves alive until NATO provides aid.

Andrew Martin, Nixa, Missouri, United States

what happens if a US military plane carry troops into a combat zone is shot down (accidentally!) by Russians? US troops did joint exercises in Georgia last month, are they still there?

jc, white plains ny, usa

God Bless America!! Just another example of U.S. interference in another country's affairs. One of these days it is all going to come back & bite them. I suppose this will become part of the Obama/McCain platform? We screwed up/lied in Iraq so we might as well move on to Georgia.

IAN RAYBURN, Gloucester, Canada

What? 1000 soldiers to face the Red Army? Who's their leader? Leonidas?

Eugene, heidelberg, germany