Nov 142008
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.