Mikhiel Saakashvili eats dirt

Badly advised and encouraged by Herr Bush, the president of Georgia made a military grab for the renegade province of South Ossetia. He didn't count on Russia swift action and a war on his own ground. Well, US advisors and military equipment and hopes of extending NATO membership into the Caucasus have rung the knell of Mr. Saakashivli's hopes and dreams and his own political career. Washington won't commit troops to back up its words, so in the end, Mr. Saakashivili will break his teeth on reality. His people are the losers. Washington will offer him a comfortable exile.