We Are All Georgians?

"So where did the Georgians get the silly idea that the U.S. would bail them out?
"Maybe from John McCain, Republican heir apparent, whose top foreign policy advisor, Randy Scheunemann, also just happens to be a highly paid lobbyist for the Georgian government. Whoops--correction! Scheunemann used to be a highly paid lobbyist for Georgia. The McCain campaign says Scheunemann hasn't taken a dime from the Georgians since May 15. (Which is lucky for the Georgians, who are going to need all the spare cash they can get to rebuild all the stuff the Russians just bombed.)

Rosa Brooks in the Los Angeles Times explains how John McCain and George W. Bush aided Georgia's blunders.