Russia's loss of its cordon sanitaire

Hardly any pundit has pointed out the obvious. Herr Bush's forward military and political policy in the former people's democracies in central and eastern Europe and wanderlust in Georgia, has made Moscow very nervous. Herr Bush's aim was to deny Russia the cordon sanitaire it won with Germany's unconditional surrender in 1945 in the heart of central and eastern Europe. Herr Bush brushed off the old arguments that Churchill, then Atlee, and Truman and Eisenhower used to fuel the Cold War. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the new unfettered east nations did not pose a threat to Moscow nor did Moscow look on them as a threat, and this obtains even for Georgia. However under the tin sheriff and big talk bad action Herr Bush, Moscow had everything to fear from an agressive US forward policy which will plant sophisticated missiles on its borders. Little wonder, it responded within a blink of the eye in crushing Saakashivili's war in South Ossetia and Abkazia. It will neuter Georgia's territorial designs, and also put Herr Bush & co. on notice, Russia won't stand being threatened even existentially. Nonetheless the summer solider heroes are mounting hot air campaigns. Let's not be fooled by the rhetoric and blinding sand of confusion. Herr Bush & co are girding loins from a battle lost even before it started!