Putin 1 – Bush 0

The conflict between Russia and Georgia has demonstrated that Vladimir Putin could get his “pound of flesh” out of George Bush. After being humiliated, chastised and lectured for years on end, the little Russian leader has showed that the United States has become a de-facto “paper tiger,” with its army caught in the quagmire of two impossible wars and its economy faltering. Sure, Mikheil Saakashvili wasn’t too smart to provoke the Russian Bear and should have known much better, but as soon as the genie got out of the bottle, Putin jumped on the opportunity to get even with the West, settled the independence of Kosovo along with the location of U.S. missiles in Poland among other contentious issues. In sport vernacular, Russia has clearly won the event and the match Putin-Bush has eclipsed most of the Olympic competitions…