NOT A GOOD TIME TO TRUST THE INEXPERIENCED OBAMA

*******SATURDAY UPDATE:

1,500 Reported Killed in Georgia Battle

Georgia Says 10 Planes Shot Down

Air attacks over Georgia intensified on Saturday, as Russian officials reported 1,500 civilian deaths and said their forces had retaken the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali.

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The Georgian city of Gori after Russian air attacks on Saturday.

THESE ARE TROUBLING TIMES:

• IRAN IS TRYING TO GET NUKES;
• AFGHANISTAN ROILS AS PAKISTAN APPEASES;
• RUSSIA HAS ATTACKED AN ALLY.

THIS IS NOT TIME FOR UNTESTED LEADERSHIP.

WE CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE EITHER A VACATION FROM HISTORY, OR TO GO BACKWARD, AND LOSE THE HARD WON GAINS.

VOTE ACCORDINGLY.