It appears that, in the end, it was French president Sarkozy who prevented Putin from occupying Georgia and forcibly removing Saakashvili from power. If news reports are to be believed, Sarkozy simply asked Putin if he (Putin) wanted to end up like Bush. Putin conceded that Sarkozy had a point there… and the invasion stopped short of reaching Tbilisi.
I am not sure what this says about the Bush presidency, though.
This fine lady below is America’s newest four star general. It is perhaps fitting that the the first ever promotion of a female officer to four star general status happens just during the transition to the first ever administration of an African-American president.
General Dunwoody
Now that this nice lady received her fourth star, I wonder what it will mean for the question concerning women in combat roles in the US military.