Russia controls a third of Georgia, according to Georgia's President. Meanwhile, the Poles, sensing a frightening message in all that has transpired in recent weeks, finally decide a U.S. missile shield is a good idea.

Michael Ledeen wonders when we will realize that Russia is part of the war being waged against us and the West. Gerard Baker has the answer, which is never, because the West is governed by cowardice and defeatism. That is why I believe that the military steps delineated in this piece, which would certainly make things difficult for the Russians, will not happen. Winning wars is as much about political will as it is about anything else, and the peoples of the West have slowly been losing their will to fight over the last few decades. Fortunately for most of them, the Americans have been lagging behind in this process, although it is beginning to have an impact even here. But, I fear, the day will come when Americans get tired of being the world's policeman, and will withdraw, leaving the field to those who combine wealth, military power, and a brutal purpose.

President Musharraf of Pakistan may be about to step down.

The press has got the Presidential race here in the U.S. totally wrong, at least according to one observer.

Could the aviation industry as we know it be on the way out?