Georgia's South Ossetia Conflict - Political Commentary

[Norfolk]

I'd like to see some links to the other sources making the Grenada comparison if possible.

You've sort of made my point in your next few sentences. It took the the 82d's DRB and the 22d MAU/MEU about 3 days to disarm a bunch of Cuban construction workers on a 132 Sq. mi. island. It took less than a division-sized force of the Russian Army about the same time to slash through a breakaway province of 1500 sq. mi.
I recognize differences in the force composition (light infantry/airborne vs mech infantry/armor) and the terrain of the two AO(an island versus versus a single mountain road through a tunnel) but I see the point of the two ops as being rather similar--a need to squirt a little testosterone after some period of feeling emasculated by other events in the world (Beirut Marine Barracks bombing for the US and Bosnia, among other recent events, for Russia.)

Here be, wm (I'll just add my disclaimer here that I don't recommend some of them, for obvious reasons):

http://atlanticreview.org/archives/1...n-Georgia.html

http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarp...7-46d900ce3973

http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDispla...%20WORTHINGTON

http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2.../16/georgia-5/

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2008-08-13.asp

http://www.deanesmay.com/2008/08/10/...-on-our-minds/

Edited to Add:

No disagreement on your take, Wayne, especially in the Grenada-Georgia comparison.

Besides the traditional Russian penchant for brute force at the tactical level, the thing that stands out most about the Russian invasion is the also traditional Russian emphasis on the Operational level of war; wielding a sledgehammer at the tactical level, while playing a cello (or at least a respectable violin) at the operational level. The Russians still know how to wire and channel all that brute force into an effective campaign - even if the Georgian Government remains in place, at least for the time being.