The Devil Went Down to Georgia

I never thought that at some point knowing the first line of a Charlie Daniels song was going to come in this handy. Unfortunately, that's about the extent of my knowledge of what's going on in the other Georgia, the one that's a nation. I've been reading up on it for several days, and I still don't know what's going on. Too many differing points of view, too few verifiable facts.

I do think, however, that this may be a unique case where the Iraq war has actually worked in our favor. Having all of our forces tied up there means we are simply unable to do something really stupid now, like send troops to help "our friends" in Georgia.