Overshadowing the other news of the past four days has been Russia’s invasion of Georgia’s Ossetian breakaway region. For the U.S. executive branch the central question is whether the military can and should assist its ally.

U.S. troops are already spread much too thin thanks to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. But as the New York Times’ Andrew E. Kramer and Ellen Barry report, many Georgians are expecting quick U.S. assistance. George W. Bush has cited the country as an example of democracy building. But for now the White House is only offering stern condemnation of that democracy’s destruction.-MB

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