Now Now, Stop That - UPDATED

Well, As of today, Thursday, the 14th, this post turned out to be all wrong. Sorry.

This morning I heard Scott Slade, the news anchor for WSB radio here in Atlanta lead a story about "Russia's crackdown on Georgian…." Not attack, not invasion. Crackdown, as in the school principal having enough of rowdy students and imposing strict discipline.

President Bush said he was "deeply concerned;" but, he still plans on a two week vacation in Crawford.

Senators McCain and Obama tut-tutted with slightly different spins on what needs to happen and then sniped at each others' spin.

Nicolas Sarkozy continued his jet set role as a world crisis mediator brokering a ceasefire. He seems to be quite a bit more effective than was either Henry Kissinger or Jessie Jackson in the role.

With three oil pipelines not operating in Georgia, the price of a barrel of oil continues to fall.

All in all, this may not be a bad way to deal with future regional crises.