This is a really interesting article because it looks at a VERY broad IMPLICATION of the political game being played with Georgia and Ukraine by the BIGGER 'muscles' pulling their strings!
When Putin calls Shimon Peres and tells him to back off from Georgia,AND ISRAEL DOES,then the Israeli KNESSET know they are dabbling in VERY dangerous business,especially for THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT CIVILIAN LIVES,in all these countries.

http://www.newstatesman.com/europe/2008/08/georgia-russia-ukraine-cheney

Strange how ALL this blows up when the REAL PRESIDENT Dick-head-Cheney is in charge in Washington D.C. and Bush is over in Beijing playing with the USA volley-ball girls in skimpy bikinis,hi-fiving them on the butt(pictures on the international websites)?

I do not like Putin much,but I feel he,AND MEDVEDEV,are being played a DIRTY HAND here.
I think both him and MEDVEDEV,under the dirty circumstances,have kept very level heads FOR A BIG GRIZZLY BEAR!
And Bush/Cheney/Israel ARE THE COMPLETE WHACK-JOBS,who should not be playing with INNOCENT LIVES GLOBALLY,when there is no CONCRETE,PROVABLE,IMMEDIATE THREAT(as per the Geneva Conventions and the Universal/UN Rules of Military Engagement.
PRE-EMPTIVE ACTION in the hands of deluded,tunnel-visioned NEOCONS is a loose-cannon in IRRESPONSIBLE HANDS!
And guess who'll come off worse?
The ordinary citizens!

Peace,Salaam,Shalom!