From the New York Times, “Will Russia Get Away With It?” by Bill Kristol From the Washington Post, “Putin Makes His Move” by Robert Kagan If I worked for the Atlantic or The American Prospect, I would be forced to write about stuff that I have little or no familiarity with. Fortunately, I’m under no such pressure here at the Weekly Standard and thus feel no pressure to erect a phony façade of omniscience regarding the events in Georgia. Instead, I can freely confess to having known little about South Ossetia until this Friday. In addition to acknowledging my own prior ignorance, I can point you to two columns by people who do know what they’re talking about. Kagan finds a pointed historical parallel:

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