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The US has been forced into a dilemma. Georgia has been an ally and friend. The US has given aid and military support. The Russians have invaded the country rightly or wrongly, it is a matter of he said, she said. Does the US support a friend in the region or lose credibility as in not supporting its allies in the face of hostile military action. That is the real issue facing the US......As to the matter of he said, she said, it serves Russian interests to muddy the waters in that it sows doubt in the West as to the true motives for Russian military action. The question here is have the Russians stopped their advance, that is the fact that the belies the real Russian motives. They have after all stopped the genocide from happening which was their stated aim, or do they have other aims that are not being articulated.......One Mr Putin is now playing the same politcal game on the world stage that he has successfully played in Russia. It does seem ironic that Russia has invaded Georgia just at the moment when the price of oil is falling. Could it possibly be that the Russians were driving the price of oil futures with the aim of weakening the west economically. With the ultimate aim being the reasserting of its hegemony in the break away Soviet states. The question here is not that they have the shrewdness to contemplate such a move but whether they had enough capital to accomplish it. Now that is a conspiracy theory worthy of a novel.