grim hopes for Georgian soldiers

The situation looks really bad for the young reservists --that's every young guy in the country who recently finished compulsory army service-- who have been called to active duty and sent into South Ossetia. It looks like Russia is feeling like flexing its new military muscles and that means the Georgian military is going to get pounded. Nothing would satisfy the Kremlin more than a "humiliating defeat" for Georgian President Saakashvili, as one reporter put it.

Here is the end of the latest CNN report:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831073,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics

"Although its outcome is yet to be decided, there's no win-win outcome to the offensive launched by Georgia with the goal of recovering South Ossetia. Either Saakashvili wins, or Moscow does. Unless the U.S. and its allies demonstrate an unlikely appetite for confrontation with an angry and resurgent Russia in its own backyard, the smart money would be on Moscow."

Please keep all sides in your prayers, it's going to be a very bad night.