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How many of the nations fortune 500 CEOs conduct business from their
company headquarters compared to those that do so from their vacation
homes via teleconferencing ? That score would be 500-0.
More to the point, we and our allies have taken no action to this
provocation other than to "demand" that the Russians cease and desist.
This is an open invitation for Putin to go ahead and replace the
democratically elected, American allied Georgian government with a
puppet regime. I would hope that the President would be in marathon
discussions with State, Defense, the Joint Chiefs etc. around a table
hashing out a strategy and response. In addition the same discussions
should be occurring on a parallel track with our NATO allies. I simply
don't think it's a great time to clear brush in Crawford.